Job 39:16
Dealing hardly with her young, as none-of-hers, In vain, her labour, without dread.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
15And hath forgotten, that, a foot, may crush them,—or, the wild beast, tread on them!
17For GOD hath suffered her to forget wisdom, and given her no share in understanding.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:26Then spake the woman, whose was the living child, unto the king—for tender became her compassions over her son—so she said—Pardon, my lord! Give, her, the living child, and do not, kill, it. But the other kept on saying—Neither mine, nor thine, shall it be, divide it.
Ecclesiastes 10:15The toil of dullards, shall weary a man, that he knoweth not how to go into the city.
Lamentations 4:3Even wild dogs, draw out the breast, give suck to their whelps—The daughter of my people, hath become cruel, like the ostriches in the desert.
Romans 1:31Without discernment, regardless of covenants, without natural affection, 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 →