Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Job 39:13
Compare this verse across Bible translations. BLB includes New Testament text only (publisher draft).
Berean Standard Bible
The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.
King James Version
[Gavest thou] the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
World English Bible
“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the feathers and plumage of love?
American Standard Version
The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; [But] are they the pinions and plumage of love?
Berean Literal Bible
BLB is available for the New Testament only in this reader.
READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Job 39
11 Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?
12 Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
13 The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.
14 For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.
15 She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.
Read the full chapter →