Job 39:16
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"She treatsהִקְשִׁ֣יחַ
(hik·shi·ach)
7188: to make hard, treat roughlya prim. root
her youngבָּנֶ֣יהָ
(ba·nei·ha)
1121: sona prim. root
cruelly, 
 
7188: to make hard, treat roughlya prim. root
as if [they] were not hers; Though her laborיְגִיעָ֣הּ
(ye·gi·'ah)
3018: toil, productfrom yaga
be in vain,לְרִ֖יק
(le·rik)
7385b: emptiness, vanityfrom riq
[she] is unconcerned;בְּלִי־
(be·li-)
1097: a wearing outfrom balah


















KJV Lexicon
She is hardened
qashach  (kaw-shakh')
to be (causatively, make) unfeeling -- harden.
against her young ones
ben  (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
as though they were not
lo'  (lo)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows)
hers her labour
ygiya`  (yeg-ee'-ah)
toil; hence, a work, produce, property (as the result of labor) -- labour, work.
is in vain
riyq  (reek)
emptiness; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain -- empty, to no purpose, (in) vain (thing), vanity.
without fear
pachad  (pakh'-ad)
a (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling) -- dread(-ful), fear, (thing) great (fear, -ly feared), terror.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers; Though her labor be in vain, she is unconcerned;

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own, with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.

International Standard Version
She mistreats her young as though they're not hers, and she has no fear that her labor may be in vain,

NET Bible
She is harsh with her young, as if they were not hers; she is unconcerned about the uselessness of her labor.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
It acts harshly toward its young as if they weren't its own. It is not afraid that its work is for nothing

King James 2000 Bible
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labor is in vain without concern;
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