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Job 39:7
7They stay far away from the busy cities. They do not allow anyone to make them work.
Job 39:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
- New International Version (NIV)It laughs at the commotion in the town; it does not hear a driver’s shout.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He scorns the tumult of the city; he hears not the shouts of the driver.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He scorns the tumult of the city; He does not heed the shouts of the driver.
Context of Job 39:7
5Did you send out the wild donkeys to go wherever they want? 6No! It was me who gave them the desert as their home. I let them live in places where the ground has salt. They stay far away from the busy cities. They do not allow anyone to make them work. 8Instead, they live on the hills, where they find fresh plants to eat. 9Can you tell a wild ox to work for you? No! At night, it will not stay to feed at your farm.
Read all of Job 39Job 39:7 word by word
יִ֭שְׂחַק לַהֲמ֣וֹן קִרְיָ֑ה תְּשֻׁא֥וֹת נ֝וֹגֵ֗שׂ לֹ֣א יִשְׁמָֽע׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 39:7
- Job 39:18But when an ostrich begins to run, it can run very fast. It can run faster than a horse and someone who rides on it.
- Job 3:18Even prisoners can enjoy a time of peace. No guards are there to shout at them.
- Isaiah 31:4This is what the Lord said to me: ‘The Lord Almighty will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its hill. He will come like a strong young lion that roars when it has caught a lamb to eat. Even if a whole crowd of shepherds come to chase it away, their shouts will not make the lion afraid.
- Exodus 5:13The slaves' masters made the Israelites work quickly. They said, ‘Finish all your work for each day, as much as when we gave straw to you.’
- Isaiah 58:3They say to me, “We have fasted to please you, but you do not see it. We make ourselves humble and you do not even look.” Listen to me! Yes you fast, but you do it to please yourselves. At the same time as you are fasting, you are being cruel to the people who work for you.
Commentaries on Job 39:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7He scorneth the multitude - He is so swift that he cannot be run or hunted down. See the description in Job 39:5; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7He 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7the wild donkey … scorns the tumult of the city: This is the first example in a series of animals that think little of other animals not their equal (compare 39:18, 22; 41:29). These images show how God scorns the opposition of a person like Job (see Psalm 2:4).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. multitude--rather, "din"; he sets it at defiance, being far away from it in the freedom of the wilderness. driver--who urges on the tame ass to work. The wild ass is the symbol of uncontrolled freedom in the East; even kings have, therefore, added its name to them.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 39
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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