13“The ostriches’ wings flap joyously
         With the pinion and plumage of love,

14For she abandons her eggs to the earth
         And warms them in the dust,

15And she forgets that a foot may crush them,
         Or that a wild beast may trample them.

16“She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers;
         Though her labor be in vain, she is unconcerned;

17Because God has made her forget wisdom,
         And has not given her a share of understanding.

18“When she lifts herself on high,
         She laughs at the horse and his rider.

19“Do you give the horse his might?
         Do you clothe his neck with a mane?

20“Do you make him leap like the locust?
         His majestic snorting is terrible.

21“He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength;
         He goes out to meet the weapons.

22“He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;
         And he does not turn back from the sword.

23“The quiver rattles against him,
         The flashing spear and javelin.

24“With shaking and rage he races over the ground,
         And he does not stand still at the voice of the trumpet.

25“As often as the trumpet sounds he says, ‘Aha!’
         And he scents the battle from afar,
         And the thunder of the captains and the war cry.

26“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars,
         Stretching his wings toward the south?

27“Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up
         And makes his nest on high?

28“On the cliff he dwells and lodges,
         Upon the rocky crag, an inaccessible place.

29“From there he spies out food;
         His eyes see it from afar.

30“His young ones also suck up blood;
         And where the slain are, there is he.”

NASB ©1995

American Standard Version
The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the pinions and plumage of love?

Douay-Rheims Bible
The wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron, and of the hawk.

Darby Bible Translation
The wing of the ostrich beats joyously But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?

English Revised Version
The wing of the ostrich rejoiceth, but are her pinions and feathers kindly?

Webster's Bible Translation
Gavest thou the goodly wings to the peacocks? or wings and feathers to the ostrich!

World English Bible
"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love?

Young's Literal Translation
The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.Whether Daring is a Sin?
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Saint Thomas Aquinas—Summa Theologica

Whether the Religious Life of those who Live in Community is More Perfect than that of those who Lead a Solitary Life?
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Saint Thomas Aquinas—Summa Theologica

Whether the Mode and Order of the Temptation were Becoming?
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Saint Thomas Aquinas—Summa Theologica

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John Charles Ryle—The Upper Room: Being a Few Truths for the Times

Whether Contention is a Mortal Sin?
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Saint Thomas Aquinas—Summa Theologica

On the Animals
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St. Eucherius of Lyons—The Formulae of St. Eucherius of Lyons

Jesus' Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem.
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J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel

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