The LORD Speaks of His Creation
Job 39:22
In 11 translations
- BSB
- He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.
- KJV
- He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
- WEB
- He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword.
- ASV
- He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither turneth he back from the sword.
- LSV
- He laughs at fear, and is not frightened, || And he does not turn back from the face of the sword.
- YLT
- He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted, And he turneth not back from the face of the sword.
- DBY
- He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from before the sword.
- DRC
- He despiseth fear, he turneth not his back to the sword,
- GNV39:25
- He mocketh at feare, and is not afraid, and turneth not backe from the sworde,
- JPS
- He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
- LXXE
- He laughs to scorn a king as he meets him, and will by no means turn back from the sword.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- יִשְׂחַ֣ק לְ֭פַחַד וְלֹ֣א יֵחָ֑ת וְלֹֽא־יָ֝שׁ֗וּב מִפְּנֵי־חָֽרֶב׃
- LXX-Br
- Συναντῶν βασιλεῖ καταγελᾷ, καὶ οὐ μὴν ἀποστραφῇ ἀπὸ σιδήρου.
Who and where
◆ Job's Trial
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
HorseEagleCondescension of GodReadings, SelectMock; Mocker; MockingHorse, TheOmnipotenceBeastsJob, Book ofAnimals
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Job 39:18Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
- Job 41:33Nothing on earth is his equal— a creature devoid of fear!
- Job 39:16She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 39:22 in most Bibles