Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
She made hard to her sons as not to her: her labor in vain without fear;
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.
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.
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 39:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Ostrich
15 And she will forget that the foot will press it, and the beast of the field will crush it 16 She made hard to her sons as not to her: her labor in vain without fear; 17 For God caused her to forget wisdom, and he divided not to her in understanding.
Phrases
Cross References
Lamentations 4:3
Also the dragons draw out the breast, they suckled their sucklings: the daughter of my people violent as the ostriches in the desert.
Deuteronomy 28:56-57
She tender and delicate in thee, who tried not to set the sole of her foot upon the earth from delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil upon the husband of her bosom, and upon her son, and upon her daughter,
1 Kings 3:26-27
And the woman to whom the living son, will say to the king, for her bowels were warm upon her son, and she will say, With leave, my lord, ye shall give to her the living child, and slaying, ye shall not slay him. And this said, It shall not be even to me, even to thee; divide it
2 Kings 6:28-29
And the king will say to her, What to thee? and she will say, This woman said to me, Thou shalt give thy son, and we will eat him this day, and my son we will eat to-morrow.
Ecclesiastes 10:15
The labor of the foolish will weary them, because he knew not to go to the city.
Lamentations 2:20
See, O Jehovah, and look to whom thou didst accomplish this Shall the women eat their fruit, the children borne upon the hands? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the holy place of Jehovah?
Habakkuk 2:13
Behold, is it not from Jehovah of armies, and the peoples shall labor in a sufficiency of fire, and the peoples shall be wearied in a sufficiency of emptiness?
Romans 1:31
Destitute of understanding, unsteady, devoid of natural affection, implacable, merciless: