Job 39:15

15 unmindful that a foot may crush them, that some wild animal may trample them.

Job 39:15 in Other Translations

15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.

15 forgetting that a foot may crush them and that the wild beast may trample them.

15 She doesn’t worry that a foot might crush them or a wild animal might destroy them.

15 Not caring that they might get stepped on and cracked or trampled by some wild animal.

15 She forgets that a foot may crush them or that some wild animal may trample them.

Job 39:15 Meaning and Commentary

Job 39:15

And forgetteth that the foot may crush them
The foot of the traveller, they being laid in the ground, where he may walk, or on the sand of the seashore, where he may tread and trample upon them unawares, and crush them to pieces; to prevent which this creature has no foresight;

or that the wild beast may break them;
supposing they may be, though not where men walk, yet where wild beasts frequent, they may be as easily broken by the one as the other; against which it guards not, having no instinct in nature, as some creatures have, to direct to the preservation of them.

Job 39:15 In-Context

13 “The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, though they cannot compare with the wings and feathers of the stork.

14 She lays her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand,

15 unmindful that a foot may crush them, that some wild animal may trample them.

16 She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers; she cares not that her labor was in vain,

17 for God did not endow her with wisdom or give her a share of good sense.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 14:9