Job 39:16
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers, she hath laboured in vain, no fear constraining her.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
15She forgetteth that the foot may tread upon them, or that the beasts of the field may break them.
17For God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he given her understanding.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:26But the woman whose child was alive, said to the king, (for her bowels were moved upon her child,) I beseech thee, my lord, give her the child alive, and do not kill it. But the other said: Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
Ecclesiastes 10:15The labour of fools shall afflict them that know not bow to go to the city.
Lamentations 4:3Ghimel. Even the sea monsters have drawn out the breast, they have given suck to their young: the daughter of my people is cruel, like the ostrich in the desert.
Romans 1:31Foolish, dissolute, without affection, without fidelity, without mercy.
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 →