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"The ostrich's wings flap wildly, though its pinions lack plumage. a14
For it leaves its eggs to the earth, and lets them be warmed on the ground,
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forgetting that a foot may crush them, and that a wild animal may trample them.
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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;
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because God has made it forget wisdom, and given it no share in understanding.
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When it spreads its plumes aloft, b it laughs at the horse and its rider.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Revised Standard)
