Job 39:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Job 39:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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...

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• Job 39:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  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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• Job 39:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding. God hath deprived her of wisdom - Of this foolishness we have an account from the ancients; and here follow two...

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• Job 39:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  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 op...

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• Job 39:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding. Wisdom - such as God gives to other animals, and to man ( Job 35:11 ). The Arab proverb is, 'Foolish as...

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• Job 39:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The First Speech of the Almighty (concluded) Chs. Job 38:39-41 and Job 38:39 depict the wonders of animate creation, and the instincts with which animals are gifted by the providence of God. I...

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• Job 39:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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 make...

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• Job 39:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “Knowest Thou?” “Canst Thou?” Job 39:1-30 The series of questions is continued, and God asks more especially with respect to animated and organic nature. The wild goats, Job 39:1-4 ; the wild...

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• Job 39:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 untameab...

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• Job 39:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (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 l...

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• Job 39:17 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  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 you...

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• Job 39:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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 v...

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• Job 39:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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 b...

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• Job 39:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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, p...

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• Job 39:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Job 39:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Description of the Peacock and Ostrich. B. C. 1520.       13 Gavest thou the goodly wings...

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• Job 39:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  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 f...

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• Job 39:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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 rend...

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• Job 39:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Job 39:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Job 39:1-18 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 (...

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• Job 39:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  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 t...

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• Job 39:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Chronicles 32:31 ; Deuteronomy 2:30 ; Isaiah 19:11-14 ; Isaiah 57:17 ; James 1:17 ; Job 17:4 ; Job 35:11

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• Job 39:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Deprived — Because God hath not implanted in her that instinct, and affection, which he hath put into other birds and beasts toward their young.

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