Job 39:17

New Century Version

because God did not give the ostrich wisdom; God did not give it a share of good sense.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:31

But one time the leaders of Babylon sent messengers to Hezekiah, asking him about a strange sign that had happened in the land. When they came, God left Hezekiah alone to test him so he could know everything that was in Hezekiah’s heart.

Job 17:4

You have closed their minds to understanding. Do not let them win over me.

Job 35:11

who makes us smarter than the animals of the earth and wiser than the birds of the air?’

Job 39:16

The ostrich is cruel to its young, as if they were not even its own. It does not care that its work is for nothing,

Job 39:18

But when the ostrich gets up to run, it is so fast that it laughs at the horse and its rider.

Isaiah 57:17

I was angry because they were dishonest in order to make money. I punished them and turned away from them in anger, but they continued to do evil.

Deuteronomy 2:30

But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass, because the Lord your God had made him stubborn. The Lord wanted you to defeat Sihon, and now this has happened.

James 1:17

Every good action and every perfect gift is from God. These good gifts come down from the Creator of the sun, moon, and stars, who does not change like their shifting shadows.