Job 39:16
She 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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15she forgets that a foot might crush them 1 or that a wild beast might trample them. 1
17because God has deprived her of wisdom 1 and has not given her any understanding. 1
Cross References
1 Kings 3:26Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king, for her heart was full of compassion for her son, and she said, “Oh, my master, give her the living child, and by no means kill him.” But the other woman said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours. Divide him.”
Ecclesiastes 10:15The toil of fools wearies them, 2 so that they do not even know the road to town. 1
Lamentations 4:3Even the jackals offer the breast to nurse their cubs, but 1 the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the desert. 1
Romans 1:31They are senseless, faithless, heartless, and unmerciful.
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 →