Job 39:15

15 Without a thought that they may be crushed by the foot, and broken by the beasts of the field?

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 Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,

14 That she puts her eggs on the earth, warming them in the dust,

15 Without a thought that they may be crushed by the foot, and broken by the beasts of the field?

16 She is cruel to her young ones, as if they were not hers; her work is to no purpose; she has no fear.

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