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Good News Translation

Job 39:7

They keep far away from the noisy cities, and no one can tame them and make them work.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ass, the Wild;   Beasts;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Animals;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ass;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Arabia;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exactor;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Knowledge;   Nature;   World;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Ass;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cry, Crying;   Scorn;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
It scoffs at the noise of the villageand never hears the shouts of a driver.
Hebrew Names Version
He scorns the tumult of the city, Neither hears he the shouting of the driver.
King James Version
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
English Standard Version
He scorns the tumult of the city; he hears not the shouts of the driver.
New Century Version
The wild donkey laughs at the confusion in the city, and it does not hear the drivers shout.
New English Translation
It scorns the tumult in the town; it does not hear the shouts of a driver.
Amplified Bible
"He scorns the tumult of the city, And does not hear the shouting of the taskmaster.
New American Standard Bible
"He laughs at the turmoil of the city, He does not hear the shouting of the taskmaster.
World English Bible
He scorns the tumult of the city, Neither hears he the shouting of the driver.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He derideth the multitude of the citie: he heareth not the crie of the driuer.
Legacy Standard Bible
He laughs at the tumult of the city;The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.
Berean Standard Bible
He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
Contemporary English Version
They stay far from crowded cities and refuse to be tamed.
Complete Jewish Bible
It scorns the noise of the city and hears no driver's shouts.
Darby Translation
He laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver;
Easy-to-Read Version
They are happy to be away from the noise of the city. They never have to listen to their drivers shouting at them.
George Lamsa Translation
He scorns the multitude of cities, and is not afraid of the voice of rulers.
Lexham English Bible
It scorns the city's turmoil; it does not hear the driver's shouts.
Literal Translation
He laughs at the roar of the city; he does not hear the driver's shouts;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
That they maye geue no force for the multitude off people in the cities, nether to regarde the crienge of the dryuer:
American Standard Version
He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.
Bible in Basic English
He makes sport of the noise of the town; the voice of the driver does not come to his ears;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He scorneth the tumult of the city, neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.
King James Version (1611)
He scorneth the multitude of the citie, neither regardeth he the crying of the driuer.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
They force not for the multitude of people in the citie, neither regarde the crying of the driuer:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, and hears not the chiding of the tax-gatherer.
English Revised Version
He scorneth the tumult of the city, neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He dispisith the multitude of citee; he herith not the cry of an axere.
Update Bible Version
He scorns the tumult of the city, Neither does he hear the shoutings of the driver.
Webster's Bible Translation
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
New King James Version
He scorns the tumult of the city; He does not heed the shouts of the driver.
New Living Translation
It hates the noise of the city and has no driver to shout at it.
New Life Bible
He hates the noise of the city. He does not hear the calls of the man who drives him.
New Revised Standard
It scorns the tumult of the city; it does not hear the shouts of the driver.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He laugheth at the throng of the city, The shoutings of the driver, he heareth not;
Douay-Rheims Bible
He scorneth the multitude of the city, he heareth not the cry of the driver.
Revised Standard Version
He scorns the tumult of the city; he hears not the shouts of the driver.
Young's Literal Translation
He doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"He scorns the tumult of the city, The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.

Contextual Overview

1 Do you know when mountain goats are born? Have you watched wild deer give birth? 2 Do you know how long they carry their young? Do you know the time for their birth? 3 Do you know when they will crouch down and bring their young into the world? 4 In the wilds their young grow strong; they go away and don't come back. 5 Who gave the wild donkeys their freedom? Who turned them loose and let them roam? 6 I gave them the desert to be their home, and let them live on the salt plains. 7 They keep far away from the noisy cities, and no one can tame them and make them work. 8 The mountains are the pastures where they feed, where they search for anything green to eat. 9 Will a wild ox work for you? Is he willing to spend the night in your stable? 10 Can you hold one with a rope and make him plow? Or make him pull a harrow in your fields?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

scorneth: Job 39:18, Job 3:18, Isaiah 31:4

driver: Heb. exactor, Exodus 5:13-16, Exodus 5:18, Isaiah 58:3

Reciprocal: Job 39:10 - General Job 41:28 - slingstones

Cross-References

Genesis 6:2
some of the heavenly beings saw that these young women were beautiful, so they took the ones they liked.
Genesis 39:5
From then on, because of Joseph the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian and everything that he had in his house and in his fields.
Genesis 39:6
Potiphar turned over everything he had to the care of Joseph and did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Joseph was well-built and good-looking,
Genesis 39:12
She caught him by his robe and said, "Come to bed with me." But he escaped and ran outside, leaving his robe in her hand.
Genesis 39:15
When he heard me scream, he ran outside, leaving his robe beside me."
Genesis 39:16
She kept his robe with her until Joseph's master came home.
Genesis 39:18
But when I screamed, he ran outside, leaving his robe beside me."
2 Samuel 13:11
As she offered them to him, he grabbed her and said, "Come to bed with me!"
Job 31:1
I have made a solemn promise never to look with lust at a woman.
Psalms 119:37
Keep me from paying attention to what is worthless; be good to me, as you have promised.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He scorneth the multitude of the city,.... Choosing rather to be alone in the wilderness and free than to be among a multitude of men in a city, and be a slave as the tame ass; or it despises and defies a multitude of men, that may come out of cities to take it, Leo Africanus says r it yields to none for swiftness but Barbary horses: according to Xenophon s, it exceeds the horse in swiftness; and when pursued by horsemen, it will outrun them, and stand still and rest till they come near it, and then start again; so that there is no taking it, unless many are employed. Aristotle t says it excels in swiftness; and, according to Bochart u, it has its name in Hebrew from the Chaldee word פדא, "to run". Or it may be rendered, "the noise of the city", so Cocceius; the stir and bustle in it, through a multiplicity of men in business;

neither regardeth he the crying of the driver; or "hears" w: he neither feels his blows, nor hears his words; urging him to move faster and make quicker dispatch, as the tame ass does; he being neither ridden nor driven, nor drawing in a cart or plough.

r Ut supra. (Descriptio Africae, l. 9. p. 752.) s Ut supra. (De Expedition. Cyril, l. 1.) t Hist. Animal. l. 6. c. 36. u Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 1. c. 9. col. 63. w לא ישמע "non audiet", Pagninus, Montanus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He scorneth the multitude of the city - That is, he sets all this at defiance; he is not intimidated by it. He finds his home far away from the city in the wild freedom of the wilderness.

Neither regardeth he the crying of the driver - Margin, “exacter.” The Hebrew word properly means a collector of taxes or revenue, and hence, an oppressor, and a driver of cattle. The allusion here is to a driver, and the meaning is, that he is not subject to restraint, but enjoys the most unlimited freedom.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 39:7. He scorneth the multitude — He is so swift that he cannot be run or hunted down. See the description in Job 39:5.


 
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