Job 39:14 Parallel Translations
NASB: For she abandons her eggs to the earth And warms them in the dust, (NASB ©1995)
GWT: It lays its eggs on the ground and warms them in the dust.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
ASV: For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust,
BBE: That she puts her eggs on the earth, warming them in the dust,
DBY: For she leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,
ERV: For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,
JPS: For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
WBS: Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,
WEB: For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust,
YLT: For she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them,
Job 39:14 Cross References
XREF:Job 39:13 "The ostriches' wings flap joyously With the pinion and plumage of love,

Job 39:15 And she forgets that a foot may crush them, Or that a wild beast may trample them. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 39:14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and {h} warmeth them in dust,
(h) They write that the ostrich covers her eggs in the sand, and because the country is hot and the sun still keeps them warm, they are hatched.
MHC: 39:1-30 God inquires of Job concerning several animals. - In these questions the Lord continued to humble Job. In this chapter several animals are spoken of, whose nature or situation particularly show the power, wisdom, and manifold works of God. The wild ass. It is better to labour and be good for something, than to ramble and be good for nothing. From the untameableness of this and other creatures, we may see, how unfit we are to give law to Providence, who cannot give law even to a wild ass's colt. The unicorn, a strong, stately, proud creature. He is able to serve, but not willing; and God challenges Job to force him to it. It is a great mercy if, where God gives strength for service, he gives a heart; it is what we should pray for, and reason ourselves into, which the brutes cannot do. Those gifts are not always the most valuable that make the finest show. Who would not rather have the voice of the nightingale, than the tail of the peacock; the eye of the eagle and her soaring wing, and the natural affection of the stork, than the beautiful feathers of the ostrich, which can never rise above the earth, and is without natural affection? The description of the war-horse helps to explain the character of presumptuous sinners. Every one turneth to his course, as the horse rushes into the battle. When a man's heart is fully set in him to do evil, and he is carried on in a wicked way, by the violence of his appetites and passions, there is no making him fear the wrath of God, and the fatal consequences of sin. Secure sinners think themselves as safe in their sins as the eagle in her nest on high, in the clefts of the rocks; but I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord, #Jer 49:16". All these beautiful references to the works of nature, should teach us a right view of the riches of the wisdom of Him who made and sustains all things. The want of right views concerning the wisdom of God, which is ever present in all things, led Job to think and speak unworthily of Providence.
CONC:Abandons Dust Eggs Ground Leaves Leaveth Lets Puts Sand Warm Warmed Warmeth Warming Warms
PREV:Abandons Dust Earth Eggs Ground Lays Leaves Puts Sand Warm Warmed Warmeth Warming Warms
NEXT:Abandons Dust Earth Eggs Ground Lays Leaves Puts Sand Warm Warmed Warmeth Warming Warms
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