Job 39:17 “For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with unders…”

Job 39:17

For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Which leaueth his egges in the earth, and maketh them hote in the dust,

Darby Translation

For God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.

Young's Literal Translation

For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her in understanding:

Bible in Basic English

For God has taken wisdom from her mind, and given her no measure of knowledge.

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Cross references

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

Job 35:11 Job 17:4 Deuteronomy 2:30 2 Chronicles 32:31 Isaiah 19:11–14 Isaiah 57:17

Job 35:11 · BSB

who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’

Job 17:4 · BSB

You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.

Deuteronomy 2:30 · BSB

But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.

2 Chronicles 32:31 · BSB

And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.

Isaiah 19:11–14 · BSB

The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?

Isaiah 57:17 · BSB

I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.

18Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.

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