Job 39:16 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁶ She deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers; though her labor be in vain, yet she has no fear;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: Her labour is in vain without fear;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labor is in vain because she has no sense of danger [for her unborn brood],

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain, she is without fear;

Common English Bible

¹⁶ She treats her young harshly as if they were not hers, without worrying that her labor might be in vain;

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ She is hardened against her young, as if they were not hers; she has labored in vain, with no fear compelling her.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers. She hath laboured in vain, no fear constraining her.

Job 39:16 Cross References

Job 39:15

forgetting that a foot may crush them, and that the wild beast may trample them.

Job 39:17

because God has made her forget wisdom, and given her no share in understanding.

Ecclesiastes 10:15

The toil of a fool wearies him, so that he does not know the way to the city.

Lamentations 2:20

Look, O Lord, and see! With whom hast thou dealt thus? Should women eat their offspring, the children of their tender care? Should priest and prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

Lamentations 4:3

Even the jackals give the breast and suckle their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

Habakkuk 2:13

Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts that peoples labor only for fire, and nations weary themselves for naught?

Romans 1:31

foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.