Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
He despises city noises; he ignores the shouts of the driver.
New American Standard Bible
The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.
King James Version
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
Holman Bible
and never hears the shouts of a driver.
A Conservative Version
He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shoutings of the driver.
American Standard Version
He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.
Amplified
“He scorns the tumult of the city,
And does not hear the shouting of the taskmaster.
Bible in Basic English
He makes sport of the noise of the town; the voice of the driver does not come to his ears;
Darby Translation
He laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver;
Julia Smith Translation
He will laugh at the multitude of the city; he will not hear the noise of him driving.
King James 2000
He scorns the multitude of the city, neither regards he the shouts of the driver.
Lexham Expanded Bible
It scorns [the] city's turmoil; it does not hear [the] driver's shouts.
Modern King James verseion
He scorns the turmoil of the city; he does not hear the driver's shouts.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
That they may give no force for the multitude of people in the cities, neither regard the crying of the driver,
NET Bible
It scorns the tumult in the town; it does not hear the shouts of a driver.
New Heart English Bible
He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.
The Emphasized Bible
He laugheth at the throng of the city, The shoutings of the driver, he heareth not;
Webster
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
World English Bible
He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.
Youngs Literal Translation
He doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 39:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Wild Donkey
6 to whom I've given the Arabah for a home; the salt plain for his dwelling place? 7 He despises city noises; he ignores the shouts of the driver. 8 He ranges the mountains that are his pasture to search for anything green.
Cross References
Job 3:18
In that place, those who once were prisoners will be at ease together; they won't hear the voice of oppressors.
Exodus 5:13-16
The taskmasters pressured them by saying, "Finish your work each day's quota just as when you were given straw."
Exodus 5:18
Now, go! Get to work! And straw won't be given to you, but you are to deliver the same number of bricks!"
Job 39:18
And yet when she gets ready to run, she laughs at the horse and its rider."
Isaiah 31:4
For this is what the LORD told me: "Just as a lion or a young lion growls over his objects of prey, even when a whole band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not alarmed at their shouting or disturbed by their clamor so the LORD of the Heavenly Armies will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and on its hill.
Isaiah 58:3
"Why have we fasted,' they ask, "but you do not see? "Why have we humbled ourselves,' they ask, "but you take no notice?'" "Look! On your fast day you serve your own interest and oppress all your workers.