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Verse Job 39:14. _WHICH LEAVETH HER EGGS IN THE EARTH_] This want of
parental affection in the _ostrich_ is almost universally
acknowledged. Mr. _Jackson_, in his _Account of Morocco_, observes:
"The...
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WHICH LEAVETH HER EGGS IN THE EARTH - That is, she does not build a
nest, as most birds do, but deposits her eggs in the sand. The
ostrich, Dr. Shaw remarks, lays usually from thirty to fifty eggs. Th...
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CHAPTER S 38:39--39:30
_ 1. The beasts of prey (Job 38:39)_
2. The wild goats, the ass, the unicorn and the ostrich (Job 39:1)
3. The horse, the hawk and the eagle (Job 39:19)...
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Job 38:39 Ch. Job 39:30. The manifoldness of the Divine Mind as
displayed in the world of animal life
The instances chosen are the lion and the raven (Job 38:39); the wild
goats and the hinds (ch....
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The ostrich....
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GOODLY WINGS UNTO THE PEACOCKS— Bochart seems to have proved, beyond
all dispute, that the word rendered _peacocks_ signifies _ostriches;_
and the following description entirely agrees with that opini...
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2. And of the animal world (Job 39:1, Job 40:2)
TEXT 39:1-30 to Job 40:2
39 KNOWEST THOU THE TIME WHEN THE WILD GOATS OF THE ROCK BRING FORTH?
_Or_ canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
2 Canst...
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_WHICH LEAVETH HER EGGS IN THE EARTH, AND WARMETH THEM IN DUST,_
Nay (unlike the stork) she leaveth etc. Hence, called by the Arabs the
impious bird. However, the fact is, she lays her eggs with great...
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IN THE EARTH] RV 'on the earth.' Dr. Tristram says: 'The ostrich is
polygamous, and several hens deposit their eggs in one place, a hole
in the sand. The eggs are then covered over and left during the...
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THE FIRST SPEECH OF THE ALMIGHTY (CONCLUDED)
Chs. Job 38:39 and Job 38:39 depict the wonders of animate creation,
and the instincts with which animals are gifted by the providence of
God. In view of...
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
This commentary has been through Advanced Checking.
CHAPTER 39
GOD SPEAKS ABOUT BIRDS A...
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God has made some very strange birds and animals. The ostrich is a
bird with wings. But it cannot fly. Some birds are very careful about
their eggs. But the ostrich leaves its eggs on the ground. And...
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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....
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כִּֽי ־תַעֲזֹ֣ב לָ † אָ֣רֶץ בֵּצֶ֑יהָ
וְֽ...
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XXVIII.
THE RECONCILIATION
Job 38:1 - Job 42:6
THE main argument of the address ascribed to the Almighty is contained
in Chapter s 38 and 39 and in the opening verses of chapter 42. Job
makes submis...
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“KNOWEST THOU?” “CANST THOU?”
Job 39:1
The series of questions is continued, and God asks more especially
with respect to animated and organic nature. The wild goats, Job 39:1;
the wild ass, Job 39:5...
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And still the unveiling goes forward: the mystery of the begetting and
birth of lower animals, with the sorrows of travail, and the finding
of strength; the freedom and wildness and splendid untameabl...
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_Dust. This might help to hatch them. (Calmet) --- Hebrew, "earth, and
warmeth them in the dust." (Protestants)_...
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(12) Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and
gather it into thy barn? (13) В¶ Gavest thou the goodly wings unto
the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? (14) Which
le...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 38 THROUGH 42.
Jehovah then speaks, and addressing Job, carries on the subject. He
makes Job sensible of his nothingness. Job confesses himself to be
vile, an...
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WHICH LEAVETH HER EGGS IN THE EARTH,.... Lays them and leaves them
there. Aelianus, agreeably to this, says w, that it builds a low nest
in the ground, making a hollow in the sand with its feet; thoug...
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Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
Ver. 14. _Which leaveth her eggs in the earth_] Some say that she
layeth 80 eggs, and having a faculty of discerning which of them will...
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_Which leaveth her eggs in the earth_ “The ostrich lays from thirty
to fifty eggs. Ælian mentions more than eighty; but I never heard of
so large a number. The first egg is deposited in the centre; th...
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V. 1. KNOWEST THOU THE TIME WHEN THE WILD GOATS OF THE ROCK BRING
FORTH, their homes being on the rocks near the summits of the
mountains? OR CANST THOU MARK WHEN THE HINDS DO CALVE, noting the
travai...
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Which, or, No, on the contrary, far from being good and quiet, she
LEAVETH HER EGGS IN THE EARTH, the reference being to the habit of the
wild ostrich of abandoning her nest at the approach of danger...
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THE WILD GOATS AND THE DEER
(vv.1-4)
The Lord now turns Job's attention to animals not in the least
aggressive, the wild goats and the deer. Indeed, rather than
aggressive, they are elusive. Did Job...
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WHICH, i.e. which ostrich; whose property this is noted to be by
naturalists. Or, _but_; for this unnatural quality is opposed to the
goodliness of her wings or feathers. IN THE EARTH; in the place wh...
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Job 39:14 leaves H5800 (H8799) eggs H1000 ground H776 warms H2552
(H8762) dust H6083...
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CONTENTS: God's challenge to Job continued.
CHARACTERS: God, Job.
CONCLUSION: When we consider God's wonderful works in all nature about
us, and see how wonderfully even the brute creatures are fitt...
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Job 39:1. _The wild goat,_ on the Arabian rocks, leaps with incredible
celerity from rock to rock, and leaves the dogs and wolves behind. She
hides her young in those retreats. They follow the laws of...
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NOTES
Job 39:13. “_Gatest thou the goodly wings unto the peacock, or wings
and feathers into the ostrich?_” (MARGIN: “The feathers of the
stork and ostrich.”) The whole verse very variously rendered....
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EXPOSITION
JOB 39:1
This chapter completes the survey of animate nature begun at Job
38:39. The habits and instincts of the wild goat, the wild ass, and
wild cattle are first noticed (Job 38:1); then...
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Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? can
you mark when the hinds calve? Can you number the months that they
fulfil? [Do you know how long their pregnancies are?] or do you...
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Deuteronomy 22:6; Isaiah 10:14; Isaiah 59:5; Job 20:11...