Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.
King James Version
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
Holman Bible
and never hears the shouts of a driver.
International Standard Version
He despises city noises; he ignores the shouts of the driver.
A Conservative Version
He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shoutings of the driver.
American Standard Version
He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.
Amplified
“He scorns the tumult of the city,
And does not hear the shouting of the taskmaster.
Bible in Basic English
He makes sport of the noise of the town; the voice of the driver does not come to his ears;
Darby Translation
He laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver;
Julia Smith Translation
He will laugh at the multitude of the city; he will not hear the noise of him driving.
King James 2000
He scorns the multitude of the city, neither regards he the shouts of the driver.
Lexham Expanded Bible
It scorns [the] city's turmoil; it does not hear [the] driver's shouts.
Modern King James verseion
He scorns the turmoil of the city; he does not hear the driver's shouts.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
That they may give no force for the multitude of people in the cities, neither regard the crying of the driver,
NET Bible
It scorns the tumult in the town; it does not hear the shouts of a driver.
New Heart English Bible
He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.
The Emphasized Bible
He laugheth at the throng of the city, The shoutings of the driver, he heareth not;
Webster
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
World English Bible
He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.
Youngs Literal Translation
He doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 39:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Wild Donkey
6
Whose home I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwelling?
7
The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.
Cross References
Job 3:18
Captives also enjoy their ease; they no longer hear the slave driver's shout.
Exodus 5:13-16
The slave bosses were hard on them. They kept saying: Each day you have to make as many bricks as you did when you were given straw.
Exodus 5:18
Get back to work! You will not be given straw, but you must still make the same number of bricks.
Job 39:18
When she lifts herself on high, she laughs at the horse and his rider.
Isaiah 31:4
This is what Jehovah said to me: A lion, even a young lion, growls over its prey when a crowd of shepherds is called to fight it. It is not frightened by their voices or disturbed by the noise they make. So Jehovah of Hosts will come to fight for Mount Zion and on its hill.
Isaiah 58:3
Why have we fasted and you do not see? Why have we humbled ourselves and you do not notice? Behold, on the day of your fast you find desire, and mistreat all your workers.'