| Henry Scawen Plumptre - 1833 - 224 pages
...have been a monster in creation. We read indeed of the " ostrich, who layeth her eggs in the dust; who is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers, because God hath deprived her of wisdom ;" but she is designated as cruel, and become proverbial for... | |
| Great Britain - 1859 - 536 pages
...following passage will adequately show : " Gavest thou wings and feathers to the ostrich ? which leavct'u her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust ; and forgetteth that the foot of man may crush them, or that the wild-beast mav break them. She is hardened against her young ones,... | |
| Adam Clarke - 1836 - 924 pages
...they are or are not ; so deficient is the recollection of this bird." This illustrates verse 15 : " And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them." The poet seems well acquainted with every part of the subject on which he writes ; and facts incontestable... | |
| Frederick Adolphus Packard - Bible - 1837 - 660 pages
...about, like so many distressed orphans, for their mother. In this manner, the ostrich may oe said to be hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her''s ; her labour, in hatching and attending them во far, being vain, without/ear^ от the least #»ncern of what becomes... | |
| Gilbert White - Natural history - 1837 - 680 pages
...the defect of natural affection in the ostrich, may be well applied to the bird we are talking of: " She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: " Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding 2 ."... | |
| William Fleming - 1838 - 646 pages
...desired. In the Book of Job the ostrich is thus introduced — " Gavest thou wings or feathers unto the ostrich, which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, and forgctteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them? She is hardened against... | |
| Emily Taylor - 1839 - 118 pages
...then sufficient to keep them hot. In the book of Job the ostrich is spoken of, and it is said she " leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in...dust; and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or the wild beast may break them." This is true in the day-time, only, as I have told you, it is observed,... | |
| Thomas Wemyss - Bible - 1839 - 410 pages
...flight. Behold, the ostrich leaves her eggs on the earth, And lets them grow warm in the sand; Forgetting that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample on them. She is callous to her young, as if they were not hers; Vain hath been her travail,... | |
| First Church (Dedham, Mass.) - Congregational churches - 1840 - 548 pages
...towards her little ones, like the ostrich, concerning whom we read, (Job xxxix. 14—16.) "That she leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in...wild beast may break them ; she is hardened against 144 her young ones as though they were not hers." And if it were so criminal and matter of such complaint... | |
| John Howard Hinton - Free will and determinism - 1840 - 132 pages
...ostrich (chap, xxxix. 14—16) it is said, " Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. 'Airo<TK\ripvvsi ra TiKva eaiiTfje, she treuteth severely her young ones,* as though they were not... | |
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