Job 39:15

she forgets that a foot might crush them 1 or that a wild beast might trample them. 1

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And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.

In Context

14For she leaves her eggs on the earth, 1 and she lets them keep warm in the dust; 1

16She deals roughly with her young ones as if they were not hers; 1 she does not fear that her labor might have been in vain, 1

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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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