Job 39:17
For I, God, made her forget wisdom—she didn't get her share of intelligence.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
In Context
18But when she needs to, she can jump up and run, mocking a horse and its rider with her speed.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 32:31But when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon came to him to ask about the miraculous sign that had happened in the country, God left him to test him, so he could know Hezekiah's true thinking.
Job 35:11who teaches us more than the animals, and makes us wiser than the birds?’
Isaiah 57:17Yes, I was angry with these sinful, greedy people so I punished them. I was angry, so I hid myself from them, but they went on their own rebellious way, doing whatever they wanted.
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 →