Job 39:13 · KJV
“{Gavest thou} the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? {wings and...: or, the feathers of the stork and ostrich}”
— Job 39:13
Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather {it into} thy barn?
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
Job 39 — Context
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength {is} great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
12Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather {it into} thy barn?
13{Gavest thou} the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? {wings and...: or, the feathers of the stork and ostrich}
14Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
15And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
Cross References
Jeremiah 8:7
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Zechariah 5:9
Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind {was} in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.
Job 30:29
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. {owls: or, ostriches}
Psalms 104:17
Where the birds make their nests: {as for} the stork, the fir trees {are} her house.
1 Kings 10:22
For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. {ivory: or, elephants' teeth}
2 Chronicles 9:21
For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. {ivory: or, elephants' teeth}
Leviticus 11:19
And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.