A moment in scripture
Job 39:17
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Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
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The surrounding passage
- Job 39:15
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
- Job 39:16
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
- Job 39:18
What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
- Job 39:19
Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.