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Job 39:14–15

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.

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Job 39:14–15 — The New International Version (NIV)

14 She lays her eggs on the ground

and lets them warm in the sand,

15 unmindful that a foot may crush them,

that some wild animal may trample them.

Job 39:14–15 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth,

And warmeth them in dust,

15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them,

Or that the wild beast may break them.

Job 39:14–15 — New Living Translation (NLT)

14 She lays her eggs on top of the earth,

letting them be warmed in the dust.

15 She doesn’t worry that a foot might crush them

or a wild animal might destroy them.

Job 39:14–15 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

14 For she leaves her eggs on the ground,

And warms them in the dust;

15 She forgets that a foot may crush them,

Or that a wild beast may break them.

Job 39:14–15 — New Century Version (NCV)

14 The ostrich lays its eggs on the ground

and lets them warm in the sand.

15 It does not stop to think that a foot might step on them and crush them;

it does not care that some animal might walk on them.

Job 39:14–15 — American Standard Version (ASV)

14 For she leaveth her eggs on the earth,

And warmeth them in the dust,

15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them,

Or that the wild beast may trample them.

Job 39:14–15 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

14 For she leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, 15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample them.

Job 39:14–15 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

14 It lays its eggs on the ground 

and warms them in the dust. 

15 It forgets that a foot may crush them 

or a wild animal may trample them. 

Job 39:14–15 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

14 She abandons her eggs on the ground

and lets them be warmed in the sand.

15 She forgets that a foot may crush them

or that some wild animal may trample them.

Job 39:14–15 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

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.

Job 39:14–15 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

14 Indeed, it leaves its eggs to the earth,

and it lets them be warmed on the ground,

15 and it forgets that a foot might crush an egg,

and a wild animal might trample it.

Job 39:14–15 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

14 Ostriches lay their eggs on the ground.

They let them get warm in the sand.

15 They do not know that something might step on them.

A wild animal might walk all over them.

Job 39:14–15 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

14 For she abandons her eggs to the earth

And warms them in the dust,

15 And she forgets that a foot may crush them,

Or that a wild beast may trample them.


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