13
"[The] wings of [the] female ostrich flap-- [are they] [the] pinions of [the] stork or [the] falcon?
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,
17
because God made it forget wisdom, and he did not give it a share in understanding.
18
When it spreads its wings {aloft}, it laughs at the horse and its rider.
19
"Do you give power to the horse? Do you clothe its neck [with] a mane?
20
Do you make it leap like the locust? [The] majesty of its snorting [is] terrifying.
21
They paw in the valley, and it exults with strength; it goes out to meet [the] battle.
22
It laughs at danger and is not dismayed, and it does not turn back from {before} [the] sword.
23
Upon it [the] quiver rattles [along with] [the] flash of [the] spear and [the] short sword.