Job 39:16

Job chapter 39 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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

v.15And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them.

v.16This passage

v.17Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Romans 1:31
without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, unmerciful:
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.
Ecclesiastes 10:15
The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.
Habakkuk 2:13
Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
2 Kings 6:28
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow.
Lamentations 2:20
See, O Jehovah, 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?