Job 39:15

15 It does not stop to think that a foot might step on them and crush them; it does not care that some animal might walk on 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 happily, but they are not like the feathers of the stork.

14 The ostrich lays its eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.

15 It does not stop to think that a foot might step on them and crush them; it does not care that some animal might walk on them.

16 The ostrich is cruel to its young, as if they were not even its own. It does not care that its work is for nothing,

17 because God did not give the ostrich wisdom; God did not give it a share of good sense.