Job 39:13-18

English Standard Version

¹³ “The wings of the ostrich wave proudly,
    but are they the pinions and plumage of love?^[a]
14 For she leaves her eggs to the earth
    and lets them be warmed on the ground,
¹⁵ forgetting that a foot may crush them
    and that the wild beast may trample them.
¹⁶ She ^(A)deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers;
    though her ^(B)labor be in vain, yet she has no fear,
¹⁷ because God has made her forget wisdom
    and ^(C)given her no share in understanding.
¹⁸ When she rouses herself to flee,^[b]
    she laughs at the horse and his rider.