Parallel Verses
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;
Holman Bible
with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.
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
She is unaware that a foot may crush them, that some wild animal may trample them.
16
Though her labor be in vain, she is
Phrases
Cross References
Lamentations 4:3
Even the jackals of the wasteland have full breasts and give milk to their young ones. The daughter of my people has become cruel like the ostriches in the wasteland.
Deuteronomy 28:56-57
The kindest and most sensitive woman among you, so sensitive and tender that she would not even step on an ant, will become stingy toward the husband she loves or toward her own son or daughter.
1 Kings 3:26-27
With a heart full of love for her son the real mother said: Please, Your Majesty, do not kill the child! Give it to her! But the other woman said: Do not give it to either of us cut it in two.
2 Kings 6:28-29
The king asked: What is your trouble? She answered: The other day a woman suggested that we eat my child. Then we could eat her child the next day.
Ecclesiastes 10:15
The labor of the foolish wearies everyone of them, because he does not know how to go to the city.
Lamentations 2:20
Look, O Jehovah! Why are you punishing us like this? Women are eating the bodies of the children they loved! Priests and prophets are killed in the Temple!
Habakkuk 2:13
Is it for Jehovah of Hosts that the peoples labor for the fire? Do the nations weary themselves for vanity?
Romans 1:31
without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, and unmerciful.