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

Bible Comments

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 an ostrich.' Yet her very seeming want of wisdom is not without wise design of God, though man cannot see it: just as in the trials of the godly, which seem so unreasonable to Job, there lies hid a wise design.

Job 39:17

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