Tree of Life Version
Job 39:7
7It scorns the commotion in the town; it does not hear the taskmaster’s shouts.
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
5“Who sent the wild donkey free? Who released the bonds of the wild ass, 6to whom I gave the Arabah as its home, the salt land as its dwelling place? It scorns the commotion in the town; it does not hear the taskmaster’s shouts. 8It explores the mountains as its pasture and searches after every green thing. 9“Is the wild ox willing to serve you? Will it spend the night at your manger?
Read all of Job 39Job 39:7 word by word
יִ֭שְׂחַק לַהֲמ֣וֹן קִרְיָ֑ה תְּשֻׁא֥וֹת נ֝וֹגֵ֗שׂ לֹ֣א יִשְׁמָֽע׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 39:7
- Job 39:18When she lifts herself to flee she laughs at the horse and its rider.
- Job 3:18Prisoners are at ease together; they do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
- Isaiah 31:4For thus says Adonai to me: “As a lion or a young lion growls over its prey, though a company of shepherds is called out against him —their voice does not disturb him, nor does their noise upset him— so Adonai-Tzva’ot will come down to fight on Mount Zion, on its hill.
- Exodus 5:13But the slave masters pressured, saying, “Fulfill your work, your daily amount, just as when there was straw.”
- Isaiah 58:3“Why have we fasted. yet You do not see? Why have we afflicted our souls, yet You take no notice?” “Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and exploit all your laborers.
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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