Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
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Gill's Exposition
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom,.... Or "made her to forget" (d) what she had; an instance of her forgetfulness is mentioned Job 39:15; and so Leo Africanus (e) says of it, that it is of a…
Barnes' Notes
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom ... - That is, he has not imparted to her the wisdom which has been conferred on other animals. The meaning is, that all this remarkable arrangement, which…
Adam Clarke
God hath deprived her of wisdom - Of this foolishness we have an account from the ancients; and here follow two instances:
1. It covers its head in the reeds, and thinks itself all out of sight…
The ostrich is a wonderful animal, a very large bird, but it never flies. Some have called it a winged camel. God here gives an account of it, and observes,
I. Something that it has in common with the…
Cambridge Bible
God hath deprived her of wisdom The Arabs have a proverb, "more stupid than an ostrich." A poet suggests the reason of this charge of stupidity,
Like a bird that abandons her eggs in the desert,
And…
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