Job 39:17
For God has caused her to forget wisdom, || And He has not given a portion || To her in understanding;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
In Context
16It has hardened her young ones without her, || Her labor [is] in vain, without fear.
18At the time she lifts herself up on high, || She laughs at the horse and his rider.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 32:31and so with the ambassadors of the heads of Babylon, those sending to him to inquire of the wonder that has been in the land, God has left him to try him, to know all in his heart.
Job 35:11Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, || Indeed, He makes us wiser than the bird of the heavens.
Isaiah 57:17For the iniquity of his dishonest gain, || I have been angry, and I strike him, || Hiding—and am angry, || And he goes on turning back in the way of his 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 →