Catholic Public Domain Version
"When she leaves eggs behind in the earth, will you perhaps warm them in the dust? "
— Job 39:14, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,”
“For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, ”
“For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust,”
“For she leaves her eggs on the ground, and lets them be warmed on the soil.”
“When she leaveth her eggs on the earth, thou perhaps wilt warm them in the dust.”
“That she puts her eggs on the earth, warming them in the dust,”
“Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,”
Will you put your faith in his great strength, and delegate your labors to him?
Will you trust him to return to you the seed, and to gather it on your drying floor?
The wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron, and of the hawk.
When she leaves eggs behind in the earth, will you perhaps warm them in the dust?
She forgets that feet may trample them, or that the beasts of the field may shatter them.
She is hardened against her young, as if they were not hers; she has labored in vain, with no fear compelling her.
For God has deprived her of wisdom; neither has he given her understanding.