Job 39:15
She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
In Context
14For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.
16She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.
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 →