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"