Job 39:17

Translations

Modern

For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.

Traditional

Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

Literal

…for God made her forget wisdom, and He has not given a portion to her in understanding.

Latin

Privavit enim eam Deus sapientia, nec dedit illi intelligentiam.

Original

Hebrew

English

For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.

Notes

Job 39:13–18

In the ancient Near East, people believed the ostrich was a bird that God had not given wisdom.

Job 38:1–40:5

God challenges Job. Job admits he cannot judge the moral world. God shows Job's ignorance of the natural world's elements related to the realm of heaven, weather, animals, and birds (38:4–21; 22–38; 39–39:30).

Theme notes and profiles

Complaints God’s Uniqueness

Events

Job's Trialc. 1650 BC

Related verses

Job 35:11
…who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
Isaiah 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.
Job 17:4
You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
2 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.
James 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.
Isaiah 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”?
Deuteronomy 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.

Glossary

Book of Job Ostrich Power Proverbs, Book of Wisdom Literature

Topics

Birds: Habits of God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Ostriches: General Scriptures Concerning The Ostrich: Void of Wisdom

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