Job 39:17
For GOD hath suffered her to forget wisdom, and given her no share in understanding.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
In Context
16Dealing hardly with her young, as none-of-hers, In vain, her labour, without dread.
18What time, on high, she vibrateth her wings, she laugheth at the horse and his rider.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 32:31Yet verily, with regard to the ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire concerning the wonderful token which came to pass in the land, God left him,—to prove him, to take note of all that was in his heart.
Job 35:11Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and, beyond the bird of the heavens, giveth us wisdom?
Isaiah 57:17Because of his iniquitous gain, was I wroth—and smote him Hiding myself that I might be wroth,—But he went on turning aside in the way of his own 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 →