Job 39:15

15 and forgets that the foot may crush them or that the wild beast may break 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 Didst thou give beautiful wings unto the peacock, or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

14 Who leaves her eggs in the earth and warms them in dust

15 and forgets that the foot may crush them or that the wild beast may break them.

16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers, not fearing that her labour is in vain,

17 because God caused her to forget wisdom and did not give her understanding.