Job 39:17
For God has deprived her of wisdom; neither has he given her understanding.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
In Context
18Yet, when the time is right, she raises her wings on high; she ridicules the horse and his rider.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 32:31Yet still, concerning the legates from the leaders of Babylon, who had been sent to him so that they might inquire about the portent which had happened upon the earth, God permitted him to be tempted, so that everything might be made known which was in his heart.
Job 35:11who teaches us in addition to the beasts of the earth, and who educates us along with the birds of the air?”
Isaiah 57:17Because of the iniquity of his avarice, I was angry, and I struck him down. I concealed my face from you, and I was angry. And he went astray by wandering in his heart.
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 →