Job 39:7
Good News Translation
They keep far away from the noisy cities, and no one can tame them and make them work.

New Revised Standard Version
It scorns the tumult of the city; it does not hear the shouts of the driver.

Contemporary English Version
They stay far from crowded cities and refuse to be tamed.

New American Bible
He scoffs at the uproar of the city, hears no shouts of a driver.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He scorneth the multitude of the city, he heareth not the cry of the driver.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He scorneth the multitude of the city, he heareth not the cry of the driver.

scorneth

Job 39:18 When time shall be, she setteth up her wings on high: she scorneth the horse and his rider.

Job 3:18 And they sometime bound together without disquiet, have not heard the voice of the oppressor.

Isaiah 31:4 For thus saith the Lord to me: Like as the lion roareth, and the lions whelp upon his prey, and when a multitude of shepherds shall come against him, he will not fear at their voice, nor be afraid of their multitude: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight upon mount Sion, and upon the hill thereof.

driver.

Exodus 5:13-16,18 And the overseers of the works pressed them, saying: Fulfil your work every day, as before ye were wont to do, when straw was given you. . . .

Isaiah 58:3 Why have we fasted, and thou hast not regarded: have we humbled our souls, and thou hast not taken notice? Behold in the day of your fast your own will is found, and you exact of all your debtors.

Context
God Speaks of His Creation
6To whom I have given a house in the wilderness, and his dwellings in the barren land. 7He scorneth the multitude of the city, he heareth not the cry of the driver.8He looketh round about the mountains of his pasture, and seeketh for every green thing.…
Cross References
Job 39:6
To whom I have given a house in the wilderness, and his dwellings in the barren land.

Job 39:8
He looketh round about the mountains of his pasture, and seeketh for every green thing.

Job 39:6
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