The Meaning of Job 39:15 Explained

Job 39:15

KJV: And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break 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.

ASV: And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them.

Discover Job 39:15

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 39:15?

MEANING: What does Job 39:15 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 39:15 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 39:15?

What is the context of Job 39:15?

On the Ostrich (Job 39:13-18)
The Lord Answers Job (Job 39:1-30)
God Continues to Challenge Job (Job 39:1-30)
The Lord’s Challenge Continues (Job 39:1-30)
Yahweh Interrogates Job (Job 39:1-30)
God Speaks of Nature and Its Beings (Job 39:1-30)
The Lord Speaks (Job 39:1-30)

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.

What does Job 39:15 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 39:1-30 - "knowest Thou?" "canst Thou?"

The series of questions is continued, and God asks more especially with respect to animated and organic nature. The wild goats, Job 39:1-4; the wild ass, Job 39:5-8; the wild ox, Job 39:9-12; the peacocks and ostriches, Job 39:13-18; the war horse, Job 39:19-25; the hawk, Job 39:26-30. In each case some special point is asked, hidden from the observation of ordinary men. If Job were unable to know more than they on such matters as these, how could he expect to know more than they of the reasons that dictate God's dealings with His people?

There is mystery in every part of the universe of God. He hides Himself, so that we cannot discover Him. His thoughts are deeper, His ways profounder, than our mind can fathom. There is not a single pathway leading out of the garden of life along which a man, traversing it, will not come to a point when the track dies away in the grass and there is no further progress. In nature and in Scripture alike we have to deal with the inscrutability of God's ways. Nor can we wonder, if the God of the Bible and of nature be the God of providence, to find mystery also there. This is the argument of The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, by Bishop Butler. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 39

¹ Of the wild goats and hinds
⁵ Of the wild donkey
⁹ The unicorn
¹³ The peacock, stork, and ostrich
¹⁹ The horse
²⁶ The hawk
²⁷ The eagle

What do the individual words in Job 39:15 mean?

And she forgets that a foot may crush them Or that a beast wild may break them

וַ֭תִּשְׁכַּח כִּי־ רֶ֣גֶל תְּזוּרֶ֑הָ וְחַיַּ֖ת הַשָּׂדֶ֣ה תְּדוּשֶֽׁהָ

וַ֭תִּשְׁכַּח	And she forgets
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: כָּשַׁח Sense: to forget, ignore, wither.
כִּי־	that
Parse: Conjunction Root: כִּי Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
רֶ֣גֶל	a foot
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: רֶגֶל Sense: foot.
תְּזוּרֶ֑הָ	may crush them
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular, third person feminine singular Root: זוּר Sense: (Qal) to press, squeeze, crush, press down and out.
וְחַיַּ֖ת	Or that a beast
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct Root: חַי Sense: living, alive.
הַשָּׂדֶ֣ה	wild
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׂדֶה Sense: field, land.
תְּדוּשֶֽׁהָ	may break them
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular, third person feminine singular Root: דּוּשׁ Sense: to tread out, thresh.

What are the major concepts related to Job 39:15?

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