Job 39:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִ֭שְׂחַק לַהֲמ֣וֹן קִרְיָ֑ה תְּשֻׁא֥וֹת נ֝וֹגֵ֗שׂ לֹ֣א יִשְׁמָֽע׃

Transliteration

yiśḥaq la-hămôn qiryāh təšuʾôt nôgēś lōʾ yišmāʿ

Grammar Details

• *yiśḥaq*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he laughs/mocks
• *la*: preposition - at/to
• *hămôn*: masculine singular construct - multitude/tumult of
• *qiryāh*: feminine singular absolute - city/town
• *təšuʾôt*: feminine plural construct - shoutings of
• *nôgēś*: qal participle, masculine singular absolute - taskmaster/driver
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yišmāʿ*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he hears/obeys

Word Meanings

• *yiśḥaq*: he laughs/mocks/scorns
• *hămôn*: multitude/tumult/noise
• *qiryāh*: city/town
• *təšuʾôt*: shoutings/cries/noise
• *nôgēś*: taskmaster/driver/oppressor
• *yišmāʿ*: he hears/obeys/listens to

Referenced Verses

• Job 3:18 : 18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
• Job 39:18 : 18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
• Isa 31:4 : 4 For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
• Isa 58:3 : 3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
• Exod 5:13-16 : 13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. 14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore? 15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? 16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.
• Exod 5:18 : 18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.