Job 39:17
For God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he given her understanding.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
In Context
18When time shall be, she setteth up her wings on high : she scorneth the horse and his rider.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 32:31But yet in the embassy of the princes of Babylon, that were sent to him, to inquire of the wonder that had happened upon the earth, God left him that he might be tempted, and all things might be made known that were in his heart.
Job 35:11Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls of the air.
Isaiah 57:17For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry, and I struck him: I hid my face from thee, and was angry: and he went away wandering in his own 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 →