Job 39:13

Next God mentions that strange bird, the ostrich. This bizarre bird, weighing up to 300 pounds and reaching. height of seven or eight feet. It flaps it wings, but it cannot fly, "the ostrich proudly waves her wings, but they are not pinions of love. The original term rendered 'love' is related to. noun used in Hebrew literature for the stork. Thus, there is perhaps. contrast between the seemingly rather un-motherly ostrich and the fame of the affectionate stork" (Jackson p. 83). The ostrich will lay thirty or more eggs in. nest of sand and leave them from time to time. The outer eggs are at times exposed and so are trampled. "Hens may desert the nest if they are overfed, or if impatient they may leave the nest before all the chicks are hatched. If. human disturbs the nest, an ostrich may trample the eggs. Or. hen may sit on eggs in another nest, forgetting her own" (Bible Knowledge Comm. p. 769). The stupidity of such. bird is proverbial among the Arabs, yet the same bird can run at remarkable speeds of 40 mph, even outstripping. swift horse. "The phrase, 'when she lifts herself on high' refers to an ostrich's lifting its head, extending its rudimentary wings for balance, and taking giant strides of twelve to fifteen feet while running" (Zuck p. 173). Would Job even have thought of making such an animal?