约伯记 39:13-18 CUNPSS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 39:13-18

The ostrich is a wonderful animal, a very large bird, but it never flies. Some have called it a winged camel. God here gives an account of it, and observes, I. Something that it has in common with the peacock, that is, beautiful feathers Job 39:13): Gavest thou proud wings unto the peacocks? so some read it. Fine feathers make proud birds. The peacock is an emblem of pride; when he struts, and shows his fine feathers, Solomon in all his glory is not arrayed like him. The ostrich too has goodly... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 39:13

Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks ?.... Rather "ostriches", as the Vulgate Latin and Tigurine versions render it; some render it, "the wing of those that exult is joyful", so Montanus; that is, of the ostriches; who, in confidence of their wings, exult and glory over the horse and his rider, Job 39:18 ; for peacocks are not remarkable for their wings, but for their tails; whereas the wings of the ostrich are as sails unto them, as several writers observe F11 Xenophon. de... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 39:14

Which leaveth her eggs in the earth ,.... Lays them and leaves them there. Aelianus, agreeably to this, says F23 De Animal. l. 14. c. 17. , that it builds a low nest in the ground, making a hollow in the sand with its feet; though he seems to be mistaken as to the number of its eggs, which he makes to be more than eighty; more truly Leo Africanus F24 Ut supra. (Descriptio Africaae, l. 9. p. 766.) , who reckons them ten or twelve; which, he says, it lays in the sand, and each of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 39:15

And forgetteth that the foot may crush them ,.... The foot of the traveller, they being laid in the ground, where he may walk, or on the sand of the seashore, where he may tread and trample upon them unawares, and crush them to pieces; to prevent which this creature has no foresight; or that the wild beast may break them ; supposing they may be, though not where men walk, yet where wild beasts frequent, they may be as easily broken by the one as the other; against which it guards not,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 39:16

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 F3 Ut supra. (Vid. Aelian. l. 4. c. 37.) reports her as very tender of her young, and exposing herself to danger for the preservation of them; but being a very forgetful creature, having laid its eggs in the sand, where it leaves them, forgets where it has laid them; and finding other eggs sits on them and hatches... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 39:17

Because God hath deprived her of wisdom ,.... Or "made her to forget" F4 השה "oblivisci fecit eum", Montanus, Mercerus, Drusius, Cocceius, Michaelis, Schultens. what she had; an instance of her forgetfulness is mentioned Job 39:15 ; and so Leo Africanus F5 Ut supra. (Desciptio. Africae, l. 9. p. 766.) says of it, that it is of a very short memory, and presently forgets the place where its eggs are laid; neither hath he imparted to her understanding ; many instances are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 39:18

What time she lifted up herself on high ,.... It is sometimes eight foot high F12 Philosoph. Transact. abridged, vol. 2. p. 360. ; when alarmed with approaching danger she raises up herself, being sitting on the ground, and erects her wings for flight, or rather running; she scorneth the horse and his rider ; being then, as Pliny F13 Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 10. c. 1. says, higher than a man on horseback, and superior to a horse in swiftness; and though horsemen have been able to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 39:13

The goodly wings unto the peacocks? - I believe peacocks are not intended here; and the Hebrew word רננים renanim should be translated ostriches; and the term חסידה chasidah , which we translate ostrich, should be, as it is elsewhere translated, stork; and perhaps the word נצה notsah , rendered here feathers, should be translated hawk, or pelican. The Vulgate has, Penna struthionis similis est pennis herodii et accipitris ; "the feather of the ostrich is like to that of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 39:14

Which leaveth her eggs in the earth - This want of parental affection in the ostrich is almost universally acknowledged. Mr. Jackson, in his Account of Morocco, observes: "The ostrich, having laid her eggs, goes away, forgetting or forsaking them: and if some other ostrich discover them, she hatches them as if they were her own, forgetting probably whether they are or are not; so deficient is the recollection of this bird." This illustrates Job 39:15 ; : "And forgetteth that the foot may... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 ; (note). She neglects her little ones, which are often found half starved, straggling, and moaning about, like so many deserted orphans, for their mother. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 39:13-18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 39:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 39:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 39:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 39:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 39:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 39:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 39:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 39:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 39:16

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