Job 39:15

Job 39:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
• New International Version (NIV)unmindful that a foot may crush them, that some wild animal may trample them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)forgetting that a foot may crush them and that the wild beast may trample them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)She forgets that a foot may crush them, Or that a wild beast may break them.

Context of Job 39:15

13“The ostriches’ wings flap joyously With the pinion and plumage of love, 14For she abandons her eggs to the earth And warms them in the dust, And she forgets that a foot may crush them, Or that a wild beast may trample them. 16She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers; Though her labor be in vain, she is unconcerned; 17Because God has made her forget wisdom, And has not given her a share of understanding.

Job 39:15 word by word

וַ֭תִּשְׁכַּח כִּי־רֶ֣גֶל תְּזוּרֶ֑הָ וְחַיַּ֖ת הַשָּׂדֶ֣ה תְּדוּשֶֽׁהָ׃Read the interlinear

• And she forgetsשָׁכַחshâkach shâkêach · to forgetH7911
• that a footרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• may crushזוּרzûr · to crushH2115
• Or that a wildשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: wildlifeH7704
• may trampleדּוּשׁdûsh dôsh dîysh · to treadH1758

Commentaries on Job 39:15

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15And forgetteth that the foot may crush them - She lays her eggs in the sand, and not, as most birds do, in nests made on branches of trees, or on the crags of rocks, where they would be inaccessible, as if she was forgetful of the fact that the wild beast might pass along and crush them. She often wanders away from them, also, and does not stay near them to guard them, as most parent birds do, as if she were unmindful of the danger to which they might be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-16The ostrich symbolizes neglect for her young because she (Lamentations 4:3): Leaves her eggs on the ground. Seems to abandon her eggs when a predator comes near. She is probably trying to distract the predator from the nest. Lays her eggs with other female ostrich in a shared nest, so many eggs are not her own.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1514-15. Yet (unlike the stork) she "leaveth," &c. Hence called by the Arabs "the impious bird." However, the fact is, she lays her eggs with great care and hatches them, as other birds do; but in hot countries the eggs do not need so constant incubation; she therefore often leaves them and sometimes forgets the place on her return. Moreover, the outer eggs, intended for food, she feeds to her young; these eggs, lying separate in the sand, exposed to the…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 39:15

• Birds
• God
• Ostriches

In the dictionaries

• Wild Beast
• Abide
• Harrow
• Liking
• Mount
• Paw
• Wisdom
• Eagle
• Job, Book of
• Ostrich

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