Job 39:16
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
15And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample them.
17For God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:26Then spoke the woman whose was the living child to the king, for her bowels yearned over her son, and she said, Ah, my lord! give her the living child, and in no wise put it to death. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine; divide it.
Ecclesiastes 10:15The labour of fools wearieth them, because they know not how to go to the city.
Lamentations 4:3Even the jackals offer the breast, they give suck to their young; the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Romans 1:31void of understanding, faithless, without natural affection, unmerciful;
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 →