A moment in scripture
Job 39:14
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Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
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The surrounding passage
- Job 39:12
Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
- Job 39:13
Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
- Job 39:15
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
- Job 39:16
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.