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Connecting Statement:
Yahweh continues to challenge Job.
The wings of the ostrich ... pinions and plumage of love?
Yahweh uses this question to emphasize that Job cannot explain why ostriches behave the way they do. AT: "You do not know whether the pinions and plumage of the ostrich represent love when they wave their wings proudly." (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 cover the body of a bird
of love
The Hebrew word is uncertain. 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"