Holy Scripture

Job 39:17

A church father on this verse
“God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath He given her understanding. 26. Although to deprive is one thing, and not to give is another, yet His first expression 'deprived,' He repealed by subjoining, 'hath not given.' As if He were saying, My expression 'deprived' means not that He has unjustly taken away wisdom,…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXXI

Source: Septuagint

Original

17For God has withholden wisdom from her, And not given her a portion in understanding.

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In context

15And has forgotten that the foot will scatter them, And the wild beasts of the field trample them.

16She has hardened herself against her young ones, as though she bereaved not herself: She labors in vain without fear.

— Job 39:17 —

18In her season she will lift herself on high; She will scorn the horse and his rider.

19Hast thou invested the horse with strength, And clothed his neck with terror?

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