Job 39:13-18

Revised 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 deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers;
    though her labor be in vain, yet she has no fear;
¹⁷ because God has made her forget wisdom,
    and given her no share in understanding.
¹⁸ When she rouses herself to flee,^[b]
    she laughs at the horse and his rider.