Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
It scorns [the] city's turmoil; it does not hear [the] driver's shouts.
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.
International Standard Version
He despises city noises; he ignores the shouts of the 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.
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] which I have given [the] wilderness [as] its house and [the] salt flat [as] its dwelling place? 7 It scorns [the] city's turmoil; it does not hear [the] driver's shouts. 8 It explores [the] mountains [as] its pasture and searches after every kind of green plant.
Cross References
Job 3:18
[the] prisoners are at ease together; they do not hear [the] oppressor's voice.
Exodus 5:13-16
And the slave drivers [were] insisting, saying, "Finish your work {for each day} on its day, as {when there was straw}."
Exodus 5:18
And now go, work, but straw will not be given to you, and you must give the full quota of bricks."
Job 39:18
When it spreads its wings {aloft}, it laughs at the horse and its rider.
Isaiah 31:4
For Yahweh said this to me: "As which lion growls and young lion over its prey when {a full group} of shepherds is called against him, it is not terrified by their voice, and to their noise it does not respond, so Yahweh of hosts will come down to fight upon Mount Zion and upon its hill.
Isaiah 58:3
'Why do we fast, and you do not see [it]? We humiliate our soul, and you do not notice [it]?' Look! You find delight on the day of your fast, and you oppress all your workers!