Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Job 39:16
Her labour — In laying her eggs is in vain, because she hath not the fear and tender concern for them, which she should have.
Her labour — In laying her eggs is in vain, because she hath not the fear and tender concern for them, which she should have.
Verse Job 39:16. _SHE IS HARDENED AGAINST HER YOUNG_] See before, and the extracts from Dr. _Shaw_ at the end of the chapter. Job 39:30. She neglects her little ones, which are often found half starve...
SHE IS HARDENED AGAINST HER YOUNG ONES - The obvious meaning of this passage, which is a fair translation of the Hebrew, is, that the ostrich is destitute of natural affection for her young; or that s...
CHAPTER S 38:39--39:30 _ 1. The beasts of prey (Job 38:39)_ 2. The wild goats, the ass, the unicorn and the ostrich (Job 39:1) 3. The horse, the hawk and the eagle (Job 39:19)...
Job 38:39 Ch. Job 39:30. The manifoldness of the Divine Mind as displayed in the world of animal life The instances chosen are the lion and the raven (Job 38:39); the wild goats and the hinds (ch....
The ostrich....
_she is hardened against_ Or, SHE TREATETH HARDLY. _her young ones_ The words refer here to her eggs, from which the young come forth, not to the young brood as the second clause explains. _in vain...
GOODLY WINGS UNTO THE PEACOCKS— Bochart seems to have proved, beyond all dispute, that the word rendered _peacocks_ signifies _ostriches;_ and the following description entirely agrees with that opini...
2. And of the animal world (Job 39:1, Job 40:2) TEXT 39:1-30 to Job 40:2 39 KNOWEST THOU THE TIME WHEN THE WILD GOATS OF THE ROCK BRING FORTH? _Or_ canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? 2 Canst...
_SHE IS HARDENED AGAINST HER YOUNG ONES, AS THOUGH THEY WERE NOT HERS: HER LABOUR IS IN VAIN WITHOUT FEAR;_ On a slight noise often she forsakes her eggs, and returns not, as if she were 'hardened to...
SHE IS HARDENED AGAINST] RM 'She deals hardly with.' If her nest is discovered the ostrich often destroys her young: cp. Lamentations 4:3. 16B. RV 'Though her labour '(of laying the eggs) 'be in vain...
THE FIRST SPEECH OF THE ALMIGHTY (CONCLUDED) Chs. Job 38:39 and Job 38:39 depict the wonders of animate creation, and the instincts with which animals are gifted by the providence of God. In view of...
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 39 GOD SPEAKS ABOUT BIRDS A...
God has made some very strange birds and animals. The ostrich is a bird with wings. But it cannot fly. Some birds are very careful about their eggs. But the ostrich leaves its eggs on the ground. And...
הִקְשִׁ֣יחַ בָּנֶ֣יהָ לְּ לֹא ־לָ֑הּ לְ רִ֖יק
XXVIII. THE RECONCILIATION Job 38:1 - Job 42:6 THE main argument of the address ascribed to the Almighty is contained in Chapter s 38 and 39 and in the opening verses of chapter 42. Job makes submis...
“KNOWEST THOU?” “CANST THOU?” Job 39:1 The series of questions is continued, and God asks more especially with respect to animated and organic nature. The wild goats, Job 39:1; the wild ass, Job 39:5...
And still the unveiling goes forward: the mystery of the begetting and birth of lower animals, with the sorrows of travail, and the finding of strength; the freedom and wildness and splendid untameabl...
She is hardened against her young ones, as though [they were] not hers: her labour is (i) in vain without fear; (i) If he should take care of them....
_Ones, or eggs which she leaves. (Calmet) --- \'c6lian (xiv. 6.) asserts that this bird will expose her own life to defend her young. Yet the neglect of her eggs, will suffice to make her deemed cruel...
(12) Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn? (13) В¶ Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? (14) Which le...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 38 THROUGH 42. Jehovah then speaks, and addressing Job, carries on the subject. He makes Job sensible of his nothingness. Job confesses himself to be vile, an...
SHE IS HARDENED AGAINST HER YOUNG ONES, AS THOUGH [THEY WERE] NOT HERS,.... Hence said to be cruel, Lamentations 4:3; not against the young ones she hatches, for Aelianus c reports her as very tender...
She is hardened against her young ones, as though [they were] not hers: her labour is in vain without fear; Ver. 16. _She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers_] Heb. her s...
_She is hardened against her young ones_ “A very little share of that στοργη, or natural affection, which so strongly exerts itself in most other creatures, is observable in the ostrich: for upon the...
V. 1. KNOWEST THOU THE TIME WHEN THE WILD GOATS OF THE ROCK BRING FORTH, their homes being on the rocks near the summits of the mountains? OR CANST THOU MARK WHEN THE HINDS DO CALVE, noting the travai...
She is hardened against her young ones, apparently dealing harshly with them, AS THOUGH THEY WERE NOT HERS; HER LABOR IS IN VAIN WITHOUT FEAR, it does not seem to bother the ostrich that her labor in...
THE WILD GOATS AND THE DEER (vv.1-4) The Lord now turns Job's attention to animals not in the least aggressive, the wild goats and the deer. Indeed, rather than aggressive, they are elusive. Did Job...
SHE IS HARDENED; or, _he_, i.e. God, _hardens her_; or, _she hardeneth herself. Against her young ones_, i.e. against her eggs, which he calls her YOUNG ONES emphatically, to aggravate her fault and f...
Job 39:16 young H1121 harshly H7188 (H8689) not H3808 labor H3018 vain H7385 concern H6343 hardened -...
CONTENTS: God's challenge to Job continued. CHARACTERS: God, Job. CONCLUSION: When we consider God's wonderful works in all nature about us, and see how wonderfully even the brute creatures are fitt...
Job 39:1. _The wild goat,_ on the Arabian rocks, leaps with incredible celerity from rock to rock, and leaves the dogs and wolves behind. She hides her young in those retreats. They follow the laws of...
NOTES Job 39:13. “_Gatest thou the goodly wings unto the peacock, or wings and feathers into the ostrich?_” (MARGIN: “The feathers of the stork and ostrich.”) The whole verse very variously rendered....
EXPOSITION JOB 39:1 This chapter completes the survey of animate nature begun at Job 38:39. The habits and instincts of the wild goat, the wild ass, and wild cattle are first noticed (Job 38:1); then...
Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? can you mark when the hinds calve? Can you number the months that they fulfil? [Do you know how long their pregnancies are?] or do you...
1 Kings 3:26; 1 Kings 3:27; 2 Kings 6:28; 2 Kings 6:29; Deuteronom