Job 39:7
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
Job 39:7 in other translations
| BSB | He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver. |
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| WEB | He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver. |
| ASV | He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver. |
| YLT | He doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not. |
| DARBY | He laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver; |
| BBE | He makes sport of the noise of the town; the voice of the driver does not come to his ears; |
| Webster | He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. |
What does Job 39:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Job 39:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 39:7
- Exodus 5:18
Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
- Job 3:18
There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
- Isaiah 58:3
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
- Exodus 5:13-16
And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore? Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.
- Job 39:18
What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
- Isaiah 31:4
For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
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Context
- Job 39:6
Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
- Job 39:7
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
- Job 39:8
The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
Job 39:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Sus hijos están sanos, crecen con el pasto: salen y no vuelven á ellas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il se rit du tumulte de la ville, il n’entend pas le cri du conducteur. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Er lacht des Getümmels der Stadt, das Geschrei des Treibers hört er nicht. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Contemnit multitudinem civitatis: clamorem exactoris non audit. |