Job 39:16

Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain [is] her labour without fear.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

In Context

15And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down.

17For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her in understanding:

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Cross References

1 Kings 3:26And the woman whose son [is] the living one saith unto the king (for her bowels yearned over her son), yea, she saith, 'O, my lord, give to her the living child, and put it not at all to death;' and this [one] saith, 'Let it be neither mine or thine — cut [it].'

Ecclesiastes 10:15The labour of the foolish wearieth him, In that he hath not known to go unto the city.

Lamentations 4:3Even dragons have drawn out the breast, They have suckled their young ones, The daughter of my people is become cruel, Like the ostriches in a wilderness.

Romans 1:31unintelligent, faithless, without natural affection, implacable, 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 →

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