Job 39:17
15 She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.
16 She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.
For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.
18 Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
19 Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.
- KJV
- Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
- WEB
- because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.
- ASV
- Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
- DARBY
- For God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.
- BLB
- for God made her forget wisdom, and He has not given a portion to her in understanding.
- ÅB
- For Gud nektet den visdom og gav den ingen forstand.
- OTB
- Fordi Gud har fratatt henne visdom,
Og ikke har gitt henne en del av forstand. - B1930
- For Gud nektet den visdom og gav den ingen forstand.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 35:11
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
Read in contextJames 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
Read in contextIsaiah 57:17
I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.
Read in context2 Chronicles 32:31
And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 2:30
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.
Read in contextIsaiah 19:11–14
The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
Read in contextJob 17:4
You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
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