King James Version

Job 39:14

Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,

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כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…תַעֲזֹ֣בtaazovcommit selfעָזַבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “commit self”, an unfinished actionH5800to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.לָאָ֣רֶץlaaretsto earthאֶרֶץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “to earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.בֵּצֶ֑יהָbetseyhaeggבֵּיצָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “egg”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1000an egg (from its whiteness)egg.וְֽעַלvealand aboveעַלconjunction, preposition — “and above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…עָפָ֥רafardustעָפָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dust”, the ordinary formH6083dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mudashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.תְּחַמֵּֽםtechamembe hotחָמַםverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be hot”, an unfinished actionH2552to be hot (literally or figuratively)enflame self, get (have) heat, be (wax) hot, (be, wax) warm (self, at).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, and warmeth them in dust,

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American Standard Version (1901)

For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust,

Young’s Literal Translation

For she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them,

World English Bible

For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust,

Darby Translation

For she leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,

Douay-Rheims

When she leaveth her eggs on the earth, thou perhaps wilt warm them in the dust.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, and warmeth them in dust,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

for the ostrich will leave her eggs in the ground, and warm them on the dust,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὅτι ἀφήσει εἰς γῆν τὰ ὠὰ αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐπὶ χοῦν θάλψει,