Job 39:17 · KJV
“Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.”
— Job 39:17
She is hardened against her young ones, as though {they were} not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
Job 39 — Context
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
16She is hardened against her young ones, as though {they were} not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
17Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
18What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
19Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
Cross References
Job 35:11
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Deuteronomy 2:30
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as {appeareth} this day.
2 Chronicles 32:31
Howbeit in {the business of} the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was {done} in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all {that was} in his heart. {ambassadors: Heb. interpreters}
Isaiah 19:11-14
Surely the princes of Zoan {are} fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I {am} the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
Job 17:4
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt {them}.
Isaiah 57:17
For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. {frowardly: Heb. turning away}
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.