Job 39:13
Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
KJV
Penna struthionis similis est pennis herodii et accipitris.
Vulgate
πτέρυξ τερπομένων, ἐὰν συλλάβῃ ἁσιδὰ καὶ νεσσά·
LXX
The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the pinions and plumage of love?
ASV
כְּנַף רְנָנִ֥ים נֶעֱלָ֑סָה אִם אֶ֝בְרָ֗ה חֲסִידָ֥ה וְ/נֹצָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
ו
v
noun · 110×
וֹ
v
noun · 4×
חֲסִידָ֔ה
chsydh
noun · 6×
יַעֲלֹֽס
y'ls
verb · 3×
נּוֹצָ֔ה
nvtsh
noun · 4×
רְנָנִ֥ים
rnnym
noun · 1×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Jer 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.
- Lam 4:3 — Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
- Zech 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 e