Job Chapter 39 verse 17 Holy Bible
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
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That she puts her eggs on the earth, warming them in the dust,
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For +God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.
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Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
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Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,
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Because God has deprived her of wisdom, Neither has he imparted to her understanding.
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For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her in understanding:
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding. There is an Arab proverb - "As stupid as an ostrich" - which the Arabs justify on five grounds: (1) The ostrich, they say, will swallow iron, stones, leaden bullets, and other things, which injure and sometimes prove fatal to it. (2) When hunted, it thrusts its head into a hush, and iron,nee that the hunter does not see it. (3) It allows itself to be captured by transparent devices. . . .