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16 The ostrich is cruel to its young, as if they were not even its own.
    It does not care that its work is for nothing,
17 because God did not give the ostrich wisdom;
    God did not give it a share of good sense.
18 But when the ostrich gets up to run, it is so fast
    that it laughs at the horse and its rider.

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16 She treats her young harshly,(A) as if they were not hers;
    she cares not that her labor was in vain,
17 for God did not endow her with wisdom
    or give her a share of good sense.(B)
18 Yet when she spreads her feathers to run,
    she laughs(C) at horse and rider.

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