Job 39:15

15 forgetting that a foot may crush them, and that a wild animal may 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 ostrich's wings flap wildly, though its pinions lack plumage.

14 For it leaves its eggs to the earth, and lets them be warmed on the ground,

15 forgetting that a foot may crush them, and that a wild animal may trample them.

16 It deals cruelly with its young, as if they were not its own; though its labor should be in vain, yet it has no fear;

17 because God has made it forget wisdom, and given it no share in understanding.