Job 39:16

She has hardened herself against her young ones, as though she bereaved not herself: 1 She labors in vain without fear. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

In Context

15And has forgotten that the foot will scatter them, 1 And the wild beasts of the field trample them. 1

17For God has withholden wisdom from her, 1 And not given her a portion in understanding. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 3:26And the woman whose the living child was, answered and spoke to the king (for her bowels yearned over her son), and she said, I pray thee, my lord, give her the child, and in nowise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor hers; divide it.

Ecclesiastes 10:15The labor of fools will afflict them, 1 As that of one who knows not to go to the city. 1

Lamentations 4:3Nay, serpents have drawn out the breasts, 1 They give suck to their young, 1 The daughters of my people are incurably cruel, 1 As an ostrich in a desert. 1

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 →

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