Job 39:17

Because Elo'ah hath deprived her of chochmah, 1 neither hath he imparted to her binah. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

In Context

16She treats harshly her banim, as though they were not hers; 1 though her labor should be in vain, yet she is without pachad (fear, care), 1

18Yet at the et (time) she flaps her wings [to run], 1 she laughs at the sus and his rider. 1

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:31Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the sarim of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the mofet that was done in HaAretz, HaElohim left him, to test him, that He might know all that was in his lev.

Job 35:11Who teacheth us more than the behamot eretz, 1 and maketh us wiser than the oph HaShomayim? 1

Isaiah 57:17For the avon (iniquity) of his covetousness 1 was I in wrath, and struck him; + 57:17 the wicked 1 I hid, and was in wrath, 1 and he + 57:17 the wicked went on shovav (backsliding) 1 in the derech of his lev (heart). 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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