Job 39:16

In 11 translations

BSB

She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.

KJV

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

WEB

She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,

ASV

She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain, she is without fear;

LSV

It has hardened her young ones without her, || Her labor [is] in vain, without fear.

YLT

Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain [is] her labour without fear.

DBY

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern.

DRC

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers, she hath laboured in vain, no fear constraining her.

GNV39:19

He sheweth himselfe cruell vnto his yong ones, as they were not his, and is without feare, as if he trauailed in vaine.

JPS

She is hardened against her young ones, as if they were not hers; though her labour be in vain, she is without fear;

LXXE

She has hardened herself against her young ones, as though she bereaved not herself: she labours in vain without fear.

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WLC

הִקְשִׁ֣יחַ בָּנֶ֣יהָ לְּלֹא־לָ֑הּ לְרִ֖יק יְגִיעָ֣הּ בְּלִי־פָֽחַד׃

LXX-Br

Ἀπεσκλήρυνε τὰ τέκνα ἑαυτῆς, ὥστε μὴ ἑαυτήν· εἰς κενὸν ἐκοπίασεν ἄνευ φόβου.

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• Lamentations 4:3Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness.
• Habakkuk 2:13Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?
• Deuteronomy 28:56–57The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter the afterbirth that…
• Ecclesiastes 10:15The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.
• Romans 1:31They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.
• 1 Kings 3:26–27Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be…
• Lamentations 2:20Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?
• 2 Kings 6:28–29Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’ So we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I…

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