Job 39:13-18

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¹³ “The ostrich’s wings flap wildly,
    though its pinions lack plumage.^[a]
14 For it leaves its eggs to the earth
    and lets them be warmed on the ground,
¹⁵ forgetting that a foot may crush them
    and that a wild animal may trample them.
¹⁶ It deals cruelly with its young, as if they were not its own;
    though its labor should be in vain, yet it has no fear;^(A)
17 because God has made it forget wisdom
    and given it no share in understanding.^(B)
18 When it spreads its plumes aloft,^[b]
    it laughs at the horse and its rider.