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And forgets that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild animal may trample them.
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God's Peculiar Providence
Commentators explain that the ostrich's habit of laying eggs on the ground, seemingly forgetting their vulnerability, is not an oversight but a deliberate aspect of God's design. This peculiar behavior is meant to show Job that God's wisdom in creation is vast and often defies human logic. What appears as foolishness is part of a divine plan we cannot fully grasp.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And forgets that the foot may crush them - She lays her eggs in the sand, and not, as most birds do, in nests made on branches of trees or o…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them The foot of the traveller, they being laid in the ground, where he may w…
In these questions, the Lord continued to humble Job. In this chapter, several animals are spoken of whose nature or situation particularly shows t…
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13th Century
Catholic
In the preceding section, the Lord brought to mind what relates to the cognitive power, speaking of the wisdom of humans and the intelligence of th…