Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
He makes sport of the noise of the town; the voice of the driver does not come to his ears;
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.
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 To whom I have given the waste land for a heritage, and the salt land as a living-place. 7 He makes sport of the noise of the town; the voice of the driver does not come to his ears; 8 He goes looking for his grass-lands in the mountains, searching out every green thing.
Cross References
Job 3:18
There the prisoners are at peace together; the voice of the overseer comes not again to their ears.
Exodus 5:13-16
And the overseers went on driving them and saying, Do your full day's work as before when there were dry stems for you.
Exodus 5:18
Go now, get back to your work; no dry stems will be given to you, but you are to make the full number of bricks.
Job 39:18
When she is shaking her wings on high, she makes sport of the horse and of him who is seated on him.
Isaiah 31:4
For the Lord has said to me, As a lion, or a young lion, makes an angry noise over his food, and if a band of herdsmen come out against him, he will not be in fear of their voices, or give up his food for their noise: so the Lord of armies will come down to make war against Mount Zion and its hill.
Isaiah 58:3
They say, Why have we kept ourselves from food, and you do not see it? why have we kept ourselves from pleasure, and you take no note of it? If, in the days when you keep from food, you take the chance to do your business, and get in your debts;