en_tn/job/39/13.md

Yahweh continues to challenge Job.

The wings...of love

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)

ostrich

a very large bird that can run very fast but cannot fly

wave proudly

"move with joy"

pinions

the very long feathers on the wings of birds

plumage

the smaller feathers that are all over the body of a bird

of love

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.

on the earth

"on the ground"

crush them

The word "them" refers to the eggs.

trample them

"step on them"