Job 39:15

15 and has forgotten that the foot will scatter them, and the wild beasts of the field 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 peacock has a beautiful wing: if the stork and the ostrich conceive, ,

14 for will leave her eggs in the ground, and warm them on the dust,

15 and has forgotten that the foot will scatter them, and the wild beasts of the field trample them.

16 She has hardened against her young ones, as though not herself: she labours in vain without fear.

17 For God has withholden wisdom from her, and not given her a portion in understanding.