Job 39:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

It scorns the tumult in the town; it does not hear the shouts of a driver.

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  • Job 3:18 : 18 There the prisoners relax together; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
  • Job 39:18 : 18 But as soon as she springs up, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
  • Isa 31:4 : 4 The Lord Will Defend Zion Indeed, this is what the LORD has said to me:“The LORD will be like a growling lion, like a young lion growling over its prey. Though a whole group of shepherds gathers against it, it is not afraid of their shouts or intimidated by their yelling. In this same way the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will descend to do battle on Mount Zion and on its hill.
  • Isa 58:3 : 3 They lament,‘Why don’t you notice when we fast? Why don’t you pay attention when we humble ourselves?’ Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires, you oppress your workers.
  • Exod 5:13-16 : 13 The slave masters were pressuring them, saying,“Complete your work for each day, just like when there was straw!” 14 The Israelite foremen whom Pharaoh’s slave masters had set over them were beaten and were asked,“Why did you not complete your requirement for brickmaking as in the past– both yesterday and today?” 15 The Israelite foremen went and cried out to Pharaoh,“Why are you treating your servants this way? 16 No straw is given to your servants, but we are told,‘Make bricks!’ Your servants are even being beaten, but the fault is with your people.”
  • Exod 5:18 : 18 So now, get back to work! You will not be given straw, but you must still produce your quota of bricks!”

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  • 8It ranges the hills as its pasture, and searches after every green plant.

  • 6to whom I appointed the arid rift valley for its home, the salt wastes as its dwelling place?

  • Job 39:18-25
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    18But as soon as she springs up, she laughs at the horse and its rider.

    19“Do you give the horse its strength? Do you clothe its neck with a mane?

    20Do you make it leap like a locust? Its proud neighing is terrifying!

    21It paws the ground in the valley, exulting mightily, it goes out to meet the weapons.

    22It laughs at fear and is not dismayed; it does not shy away from the sword.

    23On it the quiver rattles; the lance and javelin flash.

    24In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet is blown.

    25At the sound of the trumpet, it says,‘Aha!’ And from a distance it catches the scent of battle, the thunderous shouting of commanders, and the battle cries.

  • 8Highways are empty, there are no travelers. Treaties are broken, witnesses are despised, human life is treated with disrespect.

  • 40He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

  • 10They mock kings and laugh at rulers. They laugh at every fortified city; they build siege ramps and capture them.

  • 5Complaints Reflect Suffering“Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox bellow over its fodder?

  • 28he lived in ruined towns and in houses where no one lives, where they are ready to crumble into heaps.

  • 12The scorner will not love one who corrects him; he will not go to the wise.

  • 41All who pass by have robbed him; he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.

  • 24Therefore people fear him, for he does not regard all the wise in heart.”

  • 19Would your wealth sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, even all your mighty efforts?

  • 24A proud and arrogant person, whose name is“Scoffer,” acts with overbearing pride.

  • 34It looks on every haughty being; it is king over all that are proud.”

  • 19He will not quarrel or cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets.

  • 7When he sees chariots, teams of horses, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, very alert.”

  • 19A servant cannot be corrected by words, for although he understands, there is no answer.

  • 10He is not enamored with the strength of a horse, nor is he impressed by the warrior’s strong legs.

  • 11For he knows deceitful men; when he sees evil, will he not consider it?

  • 8Scornful people inflame a city, but those who are wise turn away wrath.

  • 33His thunder announces the coming storm, the cattle also, concerning the storm’s approach.

  • 23If the river rages, it is not disturbed, it is secure, though the Jordan should surge up to its mouth.

  • 18“You say,‘He is foam on the face of the waters; their portion of the land is cursed so that no one goes to their vineyard.

  • 12Then they cry out– but he does not answer– because of the arrogance of the wicked.

  • 34With arrogant scoffers he is scornful, yet he shows favor to the humble.

  • 7What man is like Job, who drinks derision like water!

  • 11He says to himself,“God overlooks it; he does not pay attention; he never notices.”

  • 29At the sound of the approaching horsemen and archers the people of every town will flee. Some of them will hide in the thickets. Others will climb up among the rocks. All the cities will be deserted. No one will remain in them.

  • 6They will be like a shrub in the arid rift valley. They will not experience good things even when they happen. It will be as though they were growing in the stony wastes in the wilderness, in a salt land where no one can live.

  • 7Then they say,“The LORD does not see this; the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.”

  • 4After that a voice roars; he thunders with an exalted voice, and he does not hold back his lightning bolts when his voice is heard.

  • 23If a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks at the despair of the innocent.

  • 2He will not cry out or shout; he will not publicize himself in the streets.

  • 18Listen to the cattle groan! The herds of livestock wander around in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

  • 1Job’s Present Misery“But now they mock me, those who are younger than I, whose fathers I disdained too much to put with my sheep dogs.

  • 6The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this.

  • 7He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it was frightened at the sound of his roaring.

  • 14Job has not directed his words to me, and so I will not reply to him with your arguments.

  • 28Grain is crushed, though one certainly does not thresh it forever. The wheel of one’s wagon rolls over it, but his horses do not crush it.

  • 2Listen carefully to the thunder of his voice, to the rumbling that proceeds from his mouth.

  • 2Portrayal of the Destruction of Nineveh The chariot drivers will crack their whips; the chariot wheels will shake the ground; the chariot horses will gallop; the war chariots will bolt forward!

  • 21but those who did not take the LORD’s message seriously left their servants and their cattle in the field.

  • 5Indeed, God is mighty; and he does not despise people, he is mighty, and firm in his intent.