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.

16 She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers;

she cares not that her labor was in vain,

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.

16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers:

Her labour is in vain without fear;

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.

16 She is harsh toward her young,

as if they were not her own.

She doesn’t care if they die.

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.

16 She treats her young harshly, as though they were not hers;

Her labor is in vain, without concern,

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.

16 The ostrich is cruel to its young, as if they were not even its own.

It does not care that its work is for nothing,

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.

16 She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers:

Though her labor be in vain, she is without fear;

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. 16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern.

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. 

16 It acts harshly toward its young as if they weren’t its own. 

It is not afraid that its work is for nothing 

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.

16 She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own,

with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.

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;

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.

16 It deals cruelly with its young ones, as if they were not its own,

as if without fear that its labor were in vain,

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.

16 Ostriches are mean to their little ones.

They treat them as if they did not belong to them.

They do not care that their work was useless.

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.

16 “She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers;

Though her labor be in vain, she is unconcerned;