Job 39

Treated in 4 passages across the library.

The verses these writers stop at

  • 39:16 She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers; she has no fear that her labor may be wasted. 3
  • 39:14 She leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand. 1
  • 39:15 She forgets that a foot may crush them, that a wild animal may trample them. 1
  • 39:17 For God has made her forget wisdom and has given her no share of understanding. 1
  • 39:19 Do you give the horse its strength? Do you clothe its neck with a flowing mane? 1
  • 39:20 Do you make it leap like a locust? Its proud snorting strikes terror. 1
  • 39:21 It paws the ground in the valley and delights in its strength; it charges out to meet the weapons. 1
  • 39:22 It laughs at fear and is not afraid; it does not turn back from the sword. 1
  • 39:23 The quiver rattles at its side, along with the flashing spear and javelin. 1
  • 39:24 Trembling with excitement, it devours the ground; it cannot stand still when the horn sounds. 1
  • 39:25 Whenever the horn blows, it snorts, Aha! It smells the battle from far away, the thunder of the commanders and the war cry. 1

Open Word Bible

Where it is preached

  1. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.5 The Fifth Commandment cites Job 39: 16

    …their children; and are not like the raven or ostrich, which are cruel to their young. Job 39: 16. Parents sometimes impoverish themselves to enrich their children. Children never can…

  2. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    Part I. Concerning the nature of the affections and their importance in religion cites Job 39:16

    …So, to signify the ostrich's being without natural affection to her young, it is said, Job 39:16, “She hardeneth her heart against her young ones, as though they were not hers.” So a…

  3. Lectures to My Students · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Earnestness: Its Marring and Maintenance cites Job xxxix. 14-17

    …her eggs in the dust, and leaves them there regardless whether they come to life or not. (Job xxxix. 14-17). God hath not given her understanding, but let not this folly be your character or…

  4. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Ninth Stage cites Job 39:19-25

    …ha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shoutings.” Job 39:19-25. But for such footmen as thee and I are, let us never desire to meet with an enemy, nor…