Job 39:17
because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
In Context
18When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 32:31However, concerning the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him to test him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
Job 35:11who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’
Isaiah 57:17I was angry because of the iniquity of his covetousness and struck him. I hid myself and was angry; and he went on backsliding 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 →