17 For God has deprived her of wisdom;
He has not endowed her with understanding.(A)
18 When she proudly[a] spreads her wings,
she laughs at the horse and its rider.

19 Do you give strength to the horse?
Do you adorn his neck with a mane?[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 39:18 Hb obscure
  2. Job 39:19 Hb obscure

17 for God did not endow her with wisdom
    or give her a share of good sense.(A)
18 Yet when she spreads her feathers to run,
    she laughs(B) at horse and rider.

19 “Do you give the horse its strength(C)
    or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?

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