Job 39:16
She is hardened against her young ones, as if they were not hers; though her labour be in vain, she is without fear;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
15And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may trample them.
17Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath He imparted to her understanding.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:26Then spoke the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her heart yearned upon her son, and she said: 'Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it.' But the other said: 'It shall be neither mine nor thine; divide it.'
Ecclesiastes 10:15The labour of fools wearieth every one of them, for he knoweth not how to go to the city.
Lamentations 4:3Even the jackals draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones; the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
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 →