Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

"The wings of the ostrich flap joyously, but aren't its pinions and feathers like the stork?

New American Standard Bible

“The ostriches’ wings flap joyously
With the pinion and plumage of love,

King James Version

Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

Holman Bible

The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
but are her feathers and plumage like the stork’s?

A Conservative Version

The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, [but] are they the pinions and plumage of love?

American Standard Version

The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the pinions and plumage of love?

Amplified


“The [flightless] wings of the ostrich wave joyously;
With the pinion (shackles, fetters) and plumage of love,

Bible in Basic English

Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,

Darby Translation

The wing of the ostrich beats joyously But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?

Julia Smith Translation

The wings of ostriches exulted; and the wing-feather of the stork and the pinion.

King James 2000

Gave you the proud wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

Lexham Expanded Bible

"[The] wings of [the] female ostrich flap-- [are they] [the] pinions of [the] stork or [the] falcon?

Modern King James verseion

The wing of the ostrich beats joyously; though not like the stork's pinions for flight.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Gavest thou the fair wings unto the peacocks, or wings and feathers unto the Ostrich?

NET Bible

"The wings of the ostrich flap with joy, but are they the pinions and plumage of a stork?

New Heart English Bible

"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love?

The Emphasized Bible

The wing of the Ostrich that waveth itself joyfully, Is it the pinion of lovingkindness or the plumage?

Webster

Gavest thou the goodly wings to the peacocks? or wings and feathers to the ostrich!

World English Bible

"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love?

Youngs Literal Translation

The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Gavest thou the goodly
רנן 
Renen 
Usage: 1

כּנף 
Kanaph 
Usage: 109

עלס 
`alac 
Usage: 3

or wings
H84
אברה 
'ebrah 
Usage: 4

and feathers
חסידה 
Chaciydah 
Usage: 6

References

Context Readings

The Ostrich

12 Will you trust him that he'll bring in your grain, and gather it to your threshing floor?" 13 "The wings of the ostrich flap joyously, but aren't its pinions and feathers like the stork? 14 She abandons her eggs on the ground and lets them be warmed in the sand,



Cross References

Leviticus 11:19

storks, herons of every kind, the hoopoe, bata,

1 Kings 10:22

because the king had ships that sailed to Tarshish accompanied by Hiram's ships. Once every three years ships from Tarshish returned, bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

2 Chronicles 9:21

because the king had ships that sailed to Tarshish accompanied by Hiram's servants. Once every three years ships from Tarshish returned, bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

Job 30:29

I've become a brother to jackals, and a friend to ostriches.

Psalm 104:17

the birds build their nests there, and the heron builds its nest among the evergreen.

Jeremiah 8:7

Even the stork in the sky knows its seasons, and the dove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time for migration. But my people don't know the requirements of the LORD.

Zechariah 5:9

Then I looked up to see two women coming forward with the wind filling their wings. (They had wings like those of a stork.) They took up the basket, holding it between the earth and sky.

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