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The Ostrich and the Horse[a]

13 “The wings of an ostrich are ineffectual,
    since its pinions and its plumage are scanty.
14 It leaves its eggs on the ground
    and depends on the earth to warm them,
15 forgetting that a foot may crush them
    or that a wild animal may trample upon them.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 39:13 The ostrich seems to be bizarre, lacking foresight, and hard on its little ones (Lam 4:3), but it has incomparable speed. Inexplicable is the bravery of the war horse, described here by a connoisseur and an artist.