She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labor is in vain without concern;
All Commentaries on Job 39:16 Go To Job 39
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Ones, or eggs which she leaves. (Calmet)
Ælian (xiv. 6.) asserts that this bird will expose her own life to defend her young. Yet the neglect of her eggs, will suffice to make her deemed cruel, Lamentations iv. 3. (Haydock)
Her. Other birds leave their nests through fear; (Calmet) but this, after sitting a while, will depart carelessly, (Haydock) and if she meet with other eggs on her road, will take to them, thus rendering her own useless. (Bo chart)