Job 39:17 meaning and explanation

For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.

Job 39:17, Berean Standard Bible

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God is speaking to Job out of the whirlwind, and here he points to the ostrich as an example of a creature whose ways are not measured by human standards. The verse explains the ostrich's neglect of her eggs and young, described just before, as a lack of wisdom given by God.

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