Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.
New American Standard Bible
Though her labor be in vain, she is
King James Version
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
International Standard Version
She mistreats her young as though they're not hers, and she has no fear that her labor may be in vain,
A Conservative Version
She deals hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor be in vain, [she is] without fear,
American Standard Version
She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain,'she is without fear;
Amplified
“She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers;
Though her labor is in vain because she is unconcerned [for the safety of her brood],
Bible in Basic English
She is cruel to her young ones, as if they were not hers; her work is to no purpose; she has no fear.
Darby Translation
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern.
Julia Smith Translation
She made hard to her sons as not to her: her labor in vain without fear;
King James 2000
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labor is in vain without concern;
Lexham Expanded Bible
It deals cruelly with its young ones, as [if] [they were] not its [own], as [if] without fear [that] its labor [were] in vain,
Modern King James verseion
She treats her young roughly, as if not hers; for her labor is vanity without fear;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
So hard is she to her young ones, as though they were not hers, and laboureth in vain without any fear.
NET Bible
She is harsh with her young, as if they were not hers; she is unconcerned about the uselessness of her labor.
New Heart English Bible
She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,
The Emphasized Bible
Dealing hardly with her young, as none-of hers, In vain, her labour, without dread.
Webster
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labor is in vain without fear;
World English Bible
She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,
Youngs Literal Translation
Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain is her labour without fear.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 39:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Ostrich
15
or that some wild animal may trample them.
with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.
He has not endowed her with understanding.
Phrases
Cross References
Lamentations 4:3
ג Gimel
to nurse their young,
but my dear people have become cruel
like ostriches
Deuteronomy 28:56-57
The most sensitive and refined woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because of her refinement and sensitivity, will begrudge the husband she embraces, her son, and her daughter,
1 Kings 3:26-27
The woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she felt great compassion
But the other one said, “He will not be mine or yours. Cut him in two!”
2 Kings 6:28-29
Then the king asked her, “What’s the matter?”
She said, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, and we will eat him today. Then we will eat my son tomorrow.’
Ecclesiastes 10:15
for they don’t know how to go to the city.
Lamentations 2:20
ר Resh
who You have done this to.
Should women eat their own children,
the infants they have nurtured?
Should priests and prophets
be killed in the Lord’s sanctuary?
Habakkuk 2:13
that the peoples labor only to fuel the fire
and countries exhaust themselves for nothing?
Romans 1:31
undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving,