Job 39:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁶ She is hardened against her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labour be in vain, she is without fear;

More versions

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

And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them.

Job 39:17

Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

Ecclesiastes 10:15

The labour of fools wearieth every one of them, for he knoweth not how to go to the city.

Lamentations 2:20

See, O LORD, and behold, to whom thou hast done thus! shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

Lamentations 4:3

Even the jackals draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

Habakkuk 2:13

Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

Romans 1:31

without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, unmerciful: