JOB 39:7 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καταγελῶν πολυοχλίας πόλεως, μέμψιν δὲ φορολόγου οὐκ ἀκούων,
(Katagelōn poluoⱪlias poleōs, mempsin de forologou ouk akouōn, )

BrTr He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, and hears not the chiding of the tax-gatherer.

ULT It laughs at the commotion of the city;
⇔ the shouts of the driver it does not hear.

UST These wild donkeys do not like the noise in the cities.
⇔ In the desert, they do not have to listen to the shouts of those who used to force them to work.

BSB He scorns the tumult of the city
⇔ and never hears the shouts of a driver.

OEB He laughs at the din of the city,
⇔ No driver roars in his ears.

WEBBE He scorns the tumult of the city,
⇔ neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET It scorns the tumult in the town;
⇔ it does not hear the shouts of a driver.

LSV He laughs at the multitude of a city,
He does not hear the cries of an exactor.

FBV It despises the noise of the city; it doesn't need to listen to the shouts of a driver.[fn]

39:7 In contrast to a domestic donkey which is controlled by the shouts of its master.

T4T They do not like the noise in the cities;
⇔ in the desert they do not have to listen to the shouts of those who force donkeys to work.

LEB • the city’s turmoil; it does not hear the driver’s shouts.

BBE He makes sport of the noise of the town; the voice of the driver does not come to his ears;

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS He scorneth the tumult of the city, neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.

ASV He scorneth the tumult of the city,
⇔ Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.

DRA He scorneth the multitude of the city, he heareth not the cry of the driver.

YLT He doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not.

Drby He laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver;

RV He scorneth the tumult of the city, neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.

Wbstr He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.

KJB-1769 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.[fn]

39.7 of the driver: Heb. of the exactor

KJB-1611 [fn]He scorneth the multitude of the citie, neither regardeth he the crying of the driuer.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

39:7 Hebr. of the exactor.

Bshps They force not for the multitude of people in the citie, neither regarde the crying of the driuer:
(They force not for the multitude of people in the city, neither regarde the crying of the driver:)

Gnva Yet their yong waxe fatte, and growe vp with corne: they goe foorth and returne not vnto them.
(Yet their young waxe fatte, and growe up with corne: they go forth and return not unto them. )

Cvdl That they maye geue no force for the multitude off people in the cities, nether to regarde the crienge of the dryuer:
(That they may give no force for the multitude off people in the cities, neither to regarde the crienge of the driver:)

Wycl He dispisith the multitude of citee; he herith not the cry of an axere.
(He dispisith the multitude of city; he hears not the cry of an axere.)

Luth Es verlacht das Getümmel der Stadt; das Pochen des Treibers höret es nicht.
(It verlacht the Getümmel the/of_the Stadt; the Pochen the Treibers listent it not.)

ClVg Contemnit multitudinem civitatis: clamorem exactoris non audit.
(Contemnit multitudinem of_the_city: clamorem exactoris not/no audit. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

יִ֭שְׂחַק לַ⁠הֲמ֣וֹן קִרְיָ֑ה

scorns at,tumult city

Yahweh is speaking of the wild donkey as if it could consciously express by laughing what it was thinking and feeling. Here the term laughs implicitly means laughing scornfully. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “It prefers being in the desert to being in the city”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

תְּשֻׁא֥וֹת נ֝וֹגֵ֗שׂ לֹ֣א יִשְׁמָֽע

shouts driver not hear

If this donkey had a driver who forced it to go places and do things, one thing that would happen is that the donkey would hear the shouts of the driver, that is, the commands that the driver was shouting at it. Yahweh is using this one thing to represent the entire possibility of the donkey having an owner and driver. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “it has no owner who shouts at it to make it go places and do things”

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