Parallel Verses
Amplified
For God has made her forget wisdom,
And has not given her a share of understanding.
New American Standard Bible
And has not given her a share of understanding.
King James Version
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
Holman Bible
He has not endowed her with understanding.
International Standard Version
because God didn't grant her wisdom and never gave her understanding.
A Conservative Version
because God has deprived her of wisdom, nor has he imparted understanding to her.
American Standard Version
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
Bible in Basic English
For God has taken wisdom from her mind, and given her no measure of knowledge.
Darby Translation
For +God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.
Julia Smith Translation
For God caused her to forget wisdom, and he divided not to her in understanding.
King James 2000
Because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.
Lexham Expanded Bible
because God made it forget wisdom, and he did not give it a share in understanding.
Modern King James verseion
because God has caused her to forget wisdom, and He has not given her a share in understanding.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And that because God hath taken wisdom from her, and hath not given her understanding.
NET Bible
For God deprived her of wisdom, and did not impart understanding to her.
New Heart English Bible
because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.
The Emphasized Bible
For GOD hath suffered her to forget wisdom, and given her no share in understanding.
Webster
Because God hath withheld wisdom from her, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
World English Bible
because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.
Youngs Literal Translation
For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her in understanding:
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 39:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Ostrich
16
“She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers;
Though her labor is in vain because she is unconcerned [for the safety of her brood],
For God has made her forget wisdom,
And has not given her a share of understanding.
“Yet when she lifts herself
[So swift is she that] she laughs at the horse and his rider.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 35:11
Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth
And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
Deuteronomy 2:30
But Sihon king of Heshbon was not willing for us to travel through his land; for the Lord your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, in order to hand him over to you, as he is today.
2 Chronicles 32:31
And so in the matter of the envoys of the rulers of Babylon, who were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone only to test him, in order to know everything that was in his heart.
Job 17:4
“But You [Lord] have closed their hearts to understanding,
Therefore You will not exalt them [by giving a verdict against me].
Isaiah 19:11-14
The princes of
The counsel of the Pharaoh’s wisest advisors has become stupid.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings?”
Isaiah 57:17
“Because of the wickedness of his unjust gain I was angry and struck him;
I hid My face and was angry,
And he went on turning away and backsliding, in the way of his [own willful] heart.
James 1:17
Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above; it comes down from the Father of lights [the Creator and Sustainer of the heavens], in whom there is no variation [no rising or setting] or shadow