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Job Chapter 39 verse 14 Holy Bible

ASV Job 39:14

For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust,
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BBE Job 39:14

Will you put your faith in him, because his strength is great? will you give the fruit of your work into his care?
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DARBY Job 39:14

For she leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,
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KJV Job 39:14

Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
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WBT Job 39:14

Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labor to him?
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WEB Job 39:14

For she leaves her eggs on the earth, Warms them in the dust,
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YLT Job 39:14

For she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 14. - Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust. The best authorities tell us that in tropical countries ostriches, having scratched a hole in the sand, and deposited their eggs in it, cover the eggs over with a layer of sand, sometimes as much as a foot in thickness, and, leaving them during the daytime to be kept warm by the heat of the sun, only incubate at night. It is evidently this habit of the bird that is here alluded to. That in cooler countries ostriches do not do this is not to the point. The habit was known in Job's time, and was so noticeable as to characterize the bird to a large extent.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14) Which leaveth her eggs.--The ostrich only sits upon her eggs at night, when the cold would chill and destroy them; by day the heat of the sand continues the process of hatching.