Job 39:17

Job 39:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
• New International Version (NIV)for God did not endow her with wisdom or give her a share of good sense.
• English Standard Version (ESV)because God has made her forget wisdom and given her no share in understanding.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Because God deprived her of wisdom, And did not endow her with understanding.

Context of Job 39:17

15And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample them. 16She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern. For God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding. 18What time she lasheth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider. 19Hast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?

Job 39:17 word by word

כִּֽי־הִשָּׁ֣הּ אֱל֣וֹהַּ חָכְמָ֑ה וְלֹא־חָ֥לַק לָ֝֗הּ בַּבִּינָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Godאֱלֹהַּ'ĕlôahh 'ĕlôahh · godH433
• wisdomחׇכְמָהchokmâh · wisdomH2451
• understandingבִּינָהbîynâh · understandingH998

Cross-references for Job 39:17

• Job 17:4For thou hast hidden their heart from understanding; therefore thou wilt not exalt [them].
• Job 35:11Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowl of the heavens?
• Deuteronomy 2:30But Sihon the king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Jehovah thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obdurate, that he might give him into thy hand, as it is this day.
• 2 Chronicles 32:31However in [the matter of] 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 try him, that he might know all [that was] in his heart.
• Isaiah 19:11They are but fools, the princes of Zoan, the wise counsellors of Pharaoh: [their] counsel is become senseless. How say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
• Isaiah 57:17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on backslidingly in the way of his heart.
• James 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation nor shadow of turning.

Commentaries on Job 39:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17God hath deprived her of wisdom - Of this foolishness we have an account from the ancients; and here follow two instances: It covers its head in the reeds, and thinks itself all out of sight because itself cannot see. So Claudian: - - 'Stat lumine clauso Ridendum revoluta caput: creditque latere Quad non ipsa videt.' 2. They who hunt them draw the skin of an ostrich's neck on one hand, which proves a sufficient lure to take them with the other. They have…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Because God hath deprived her of wisdom … - That is, he has not imparted to her the wisdom which has been conferred on other animals. The meaning is, that all this remarkable arrangement, which distinguished the ostrich so much from other animals was to be traced to God. It was not the result of chance; it could not be pretended that it was by a human arrangement, but it was the result of divine appointment. Even in this apparent destitution of wisdom…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-18In the ancient Near East, people believed the ostrich was a bird that God had not given wisdom.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. wisdom--such as God gives to other animals, and to man (Job 35:11). The Arab proverb is, "foolish as an ostrich." Yet her very seeming want of wisdom is not without wise design of God, though man cannot see it; just as in the trials of the godly, which seem so unreasonable to Job, there lies hid a wise design.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 39:17

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Commentaries on Job 39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings