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Job 39:17

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Job 39:17

Verse 17 of 30

Scripture focus

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

Job 39:17 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 39:17

Theological / Devotional

Deprived her. In making this creature, God apparently saw fit to endow the ostrich with limited intelligence. He does not give His reasons for so doing, and such reasons man cannot fathom. There is an Arab proverb, “As stupid as an ostrich.”

God speaks of Himself here in the third person perhaps for emphasis.

By SdaBc