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Verse Job 39:17. _GOD HATH DEPRIVED HER OF WISDOM_] Of this
foolishness we have an account from the ancients; and here follow two
instances:
"1. It covers its head in the reeds, and thinks itself all...
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BECAUSE 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
dist...
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CHAPTER S 38:39--39:30
_ 1. The beasts of prey (Job 38:39)_
2. The wild goats, the ass, the unicorn and the ostrich (Job 39:1)
3. The horse, the hawk and the eagle (Job 39:19)...
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_God hath deprived her of wisdom_ The Arabs have a proverb, "more
stupid than an ostrich." A poet suggests the reason of this charge of
stupidity,
Like a bird that abandons her eggs in the desert,
A...
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The ostrich....
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Job 38:39 Ch. Job 39:30. The manifoldness of the Divine Mind as
displayed in the world of animal life
The instances chosen are the lion and the raven (Job 38:39); the wild
goats and the hinds (ch....
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GOODLY WINGS UNTO THE PEACOCKS— Bochart seems to have proved, beyond
all dispute, that the word rendered _peacocks_ signifies _ostriches;_
and the following description entirely agrees with that opini...
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2. And of the animal world (Job 39:1, Job 40:2)
TEXT 39:1-30 to Job 40:2
39 KNOWEST THOU THE TIME WHEN THE WILD GOATS OF THE ROCK BRING FORTH?
_Or_ canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
2 Canst...
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39:17 wisdom, (d-7) Lit. 'for God hath made her forget wisdom.'...
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THE FIRST SPEECH OF THE ALMIGHTY (CONCLUDED)
Chs. Job 38:39 and Job 38:39 depict the wonders of animate creation,
and the instincts with which animals are gifted by the providence of
God. In view of...
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'More stupid than an ostrich' is an Arab proverb....
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
This commentary has been through Advanced Checking.
CHAPTER 39
GOD SPEAKS ABOUT BIRDS A...
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God did not teach the ostrich to be wise. But God did teach the
ostrich to run. And the ostrich can even run faster than the horses in
the battle. God taught the ostrich to run so that it could escape...
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כִּֽי ־הִשָּׁ֣הּ אֱלֹ֣והַּ חָכְמָ֑ה
וְ לֹא ־ח
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XXVIII.
THE RECONCILIATION
Job 38:1 - Job 42:6
THE main argument of the address ascribed to the Almighty is contained
in Chapter s 38 and 39 and in the opening verses of chapter 42. Job
makes submis...
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“KNOWEST THOU?” “CANST THOU?”
Job 39:1
The series of questions is continued, and God asks more especially
with respect to animated and organic nature. The wild goats, Job 39:1;
the wild ass, Job 39:5...
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And still the unveiling goes forward: the mystery of the begetting and
birth of lower animals, with the sorrows of travail, and the finding
of strength; the freedom and wildness and splendid untameabl...
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Because God hath deprived her of (k) wisdom, neither hath he imparted
to her understanding.
(k) That is, to have a care and natural affection toward his young....
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Understanding. This bird has a head disproportionately small;
insomuch, that Heliogabalus served up the brains of 600 at one supper.
It greedily eats iron, &c., which may help its digestion, as sand d...
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(12) Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and
gather it into thy barn? (13) В¶ Gavest thou the goodly wings unto
the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? (14) Which
le...
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_CREATURE AND CREATOR_
‘Thou … God.’
Job 39:1; Job 39:17
I. STILL THE UNVEILING OF THE DIVINE GLORY PROCEEDS, BUT NOW IN ITS
APPLICATION TO THE THINGS OF LIFE.—The feeding of lions and young
lions;...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 38 THROUGH 42.
Jehovah then speaks, and addressing Job, carries on the subject. He
makes Job sensible of his nothingness. Job confesses himself to be
vile, an...
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BECAUSE GOD HATH DEPRIVED HER OF WISDOM,.... Or "made her to forget" d
what she had; an instance of her forgetfulness is mentioned
Job 39:15; and so Leo Africanus e says of it, that it is of a very
s...
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Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to
her understanding.
Ver. 17. _Because God hath deprived her of wisdom_] That is, of such
forecast to provide for her young ones by...
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_Because God hath deprived her of wisdom_ The want of natural
affection to her young is not the only reproach due to the ostrich.
“She is likewise inconsiderate and foolish in her private capacity,
pa...
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because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath He imparted to
her understanding, the stupidity of the ostrich being proverbial in
Arabia....
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V. 1. KNOWEST THOU THE TIME WHEN THE WILD GOATS OF THE ROCK BRING
FORTH, their homes being on the rocks near the summits of the
mountains? OR CANST THOU MARK WHEN THE HINDS DO CALVE, noting the
travai...
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THE WILD GOATS AND THE DEER
(vv.1-4)
The Lord now turns Job's attention to animals not in the least
aggressive, the wild goats and the deer. Indeed, rather than
aggressive, they are elusive. Did Job...
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Because God hath not implanted in her that natural instinct, and
providence, and affection, which he hath put into other birds and
beasts towards their young. And yet no man presumes to reproach me fo...
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Job 39:17 God H433 deprived H5382 (H8689) wisdom H2451 endow H2505
(H8804) understanding H998...
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CONTENTS: God's challenge to Job continued.
CHARACTERS: God, Job.
CONCLUSION: When we consider God's wonderful works in all nature about
us, and see how wonderfully even the brute creatures are fitt...
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Job 39:1. _The wild goat,_ on the Arabian rocks, leaps with incredible
celerity from rock to rock, and leaves the dogs and wolves behind. She
hides her young in those retreats. They follow the laws of...
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NOTES
Job 39:13. “_Gatest thou the goodly wings unto the peacock, or wings
and feathers into the ostrich?_” (MARGIN: “The feathers of the
stork and ostrich.”) The whole verse very variously rendered....
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EXPOSITION
JOB 39:1
This chapter completes the survey of animate nature begun at Job
38:39. The habits and instincts of the wild goat, the wild ass, and
wild cattle are first noticed (Job 38:1); then...
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Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? can
you mark when the hinds calve? Can you number the months that they
fulfil? [Do you know how long their pregnancies are?] or do you...
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2 Chronicles 32:31; Deuteronomy 2:30; Isaiah 19:11; Isaiah 57:17;...
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Deprived — Because God hath not implanted in her that instinct, and
affection, which he hath put into other birds and beasts toward their
young....