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37 lines
806 B
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Yahweh continues to challenge Job.
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## The wings...of love ##
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Yahweh uses this question to emphasize that Job cannot explain why ostriches behave the way that they do. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## ostrich ##
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a very large bird that can run very fast but cannot fly
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## wave proudly ##
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"move with joy"
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## pinions ##
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the very long feathers on the wings of birds
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## plumage ##
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the smaller feathers that are all over the body of a bird
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## of love ##
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Possible meanings are 1) "of faithfulness" or 2) "of a stork." The name of the stork meant "the faithful one" or "the loving one" because people knew that storks take very good care of their chicks.
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## on the earth ##
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"on the ground"
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## crush them ##
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The word "them" refers to the eggs.
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## trample them ##
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"step on them" |