Iyov 39:15

15 And forgetteth that the regel may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.

Iyov 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.

Iyov 39:15 In-Context

13 Joyfully flapping are the wings of the ostrich, but are her wings and feathers like the khasidah (stork)?

14 For the ostrich layeth her betzim (eggs) la’aretz (on the ground), and warmeth them in the sand,

15 And forgetteth that the regel may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.

16 She treats harshly her banim, as though they were not hers; though her labor should be in vain, yet she is without pachad (fear, care),

17 Because Elo’ah hath deprived her of chochmah, neither hath he imparted to her binah.