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Ostriches

Identifier: birdsofbible00stra (find matches)
Title: Birds of the Bible
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Stratton-Porter, Gene, 1863-1924
Subjects: Nature in the Bible
Publisher: Cincinnati, Jennings and Graham New York, Eaton and Mains
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)le, she is always sure ofsafety. If it is the house of the Lord, then, indeed, shehas a refufre. THE OSTKIC H / xcill even make a uv/// /// the -leildernes.s and rhers in the dnst.Hie beasts of the field shall honor n/e, the dragons and the ostrielies. —Isaiah. r
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OSTUICHKS What tinic he liftctJi hlmsdf /ibroadHe scorncth ihc horse (ind his ruler. Chaptku \111 thp: ostrich Ix tlic thirtv-niiilh cliaj.itcr of Job, wliich containsniiicli fine natural iiistorv, \\v find the most that the Biblerecords concernin<; the ostrich. It seems that in translat-ing tlu Hebrew words Yaanah, wliich mean greedi-ness, and •batli havaanah, the daughter of greedi-ness, and which have reference to tlie inchscriminate dietof the ostrich, ))art of the time are rendered ostrich, toAvhich bird they apply; and part of the time owl, toMhich they do not. For, while the owl sometimes chokesitself swallowing whole some rather large prey it has taken,it is not a greedy or a promiscuous cater. The mere factthat it is a bird of darkness, and not always fortunate incapturing food, frequently leaves it very hungry. Thebodies of owls are lean, like those of eagles. Neither wasthe owl habitual in several ))laces mentioned by Isaiah andJeremiah, where our old version is transl

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  • bookid:birdsofbible00stra
  • bookyear:1909
  • bookdecade:1900
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Stratton_Porter__Gene__1863_1924
  • booksubject:Nature_in_the_Bible
  • bookpublisher:Cincinnati__Jennings_and_Graham
  • bookpublisher:_New_York__Eaton_and_Mains
  • bookcontributor:Internet_Archive
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  • bookleafnumber:258
  • bookcollection:internetarchivebooks
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