and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them.
Parallel translations
- KJV And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
- BSB She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.
- NKJV She forgets that a foot may crush them, Or that a wild beast may break them.
- NASB And she forgets that a foot may crush them, Or that a wild animal may trample them.
- NLT She doesn’t worry that a foot might crush them or a wild animal might destroy them.
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Quick answer
The ostrich forgets that a foot may crush her eggs or a wild beast trample them. Yet she survives by God's design, not her own care.
Overview
God describes the ostrich's apparent thoughtlessness toward the danger to her eggs. Though she seems to lack ordinary maternal instinct, the species endures under God's providence. The point is that God's wisdom governs a creation that often confounds human standards of sense and value.
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