Job 39:15

15 She forgets that a foot may crush them, Or that a 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 "The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, But are her wings and pinions like the kindly stork's?

14 For she leaves her eggs on the ground, And warms them in the dust;

15 She forgets that a foot may crush them, Or that a wild beast may break them.

16 She treats her young harshly, as though they were not hers; Her labor is in vain, without concern,

17 Because God deprived her of wisdom, And did not endow her with understanding.