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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.

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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.

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  • 39:22 in most Bibles

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