Job 39:15
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
Job 39:15 in other translations
| BSB | She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them. |
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| WEB | and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them. |
| ASV | And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them. |
| YLT | And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down. |
| DARBY | And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample them. |
| BBE | Without a thought that they may be crushed by the foot, and broken by the beasts of the field? |
| Webster | And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. |
What does Job 39:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 39:14-15
14-15. Yet (unlike the stork) she "leaveth," &c. Hence called by the Arabs "the impious bird." However, the fact is, she lays her eggs with great care and hatches them, as other birds do; but in hot countries the eggs do not need so constant incubation; she therefore often leaves them and sometimes forgets the place on her return. Moreover, the outer eggs, intended for food, she feeds to her young; these eggs, lying…
Job 39:15 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Job 39:14
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
- 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 39:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Fiarás de él que te tornará tu simiente, y que la allegará en tu era? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et elle oublie que le pied peut les écraser et la bête des champs les fouler; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und sie vergißt, daß ein Fuß sie zerdrücken, und das Getier des Feldes sie zertreten kann. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Obliviscitur quod pes conculcet ea, aut bestia agri conterat. |