Job 39:17
\39:14\That she puts her eggs on the earth, warming them in the dust,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
In Context
16\39:13\Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,
Cross References
2 Chronicles 32:31However, in the business of the representatives sent by the rulers of Babylon to get news of the wonder which had taken place in the land, God gave up guiding him, testing him to see what was in his heart.
Job 35:11Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?
Isaiah 57:17I was quickly angry with his evil ways, and sent punishment on him, veiling my face in wrath: and he went on, turning his heart from me.
Matthew Henry on Job 39:14-19
Description of the Peacock and Ostrich. ( b. c. 1520.) 13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? 14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, 15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. 16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear; 17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding. 18 What time she… Read the whole commentary →