13Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
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Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.
For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-18)The ostrich is a wonderful animal, a very large bird, but it never flies. Some have called it a winged camel . God here gives an account of it, and observes, I. Something that it has in common with the peacock, that is, beautiful feathers Job 39:13): Gavest thou proud wings unto the peacocks ? so some read it. Fine feathers make proud birds. The peacock is an emblem of pride; when he struts, and s…
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