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Job 39:16

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

KJV

Duratur ad filios suos, quasi non sint sui : frustra laboravit, nullo timore cogente.

Vulgate

ἀπεσκλήρυνεν τὰ τέκνα ἑαυτῆς, ὥστε μὴ ἑαυτήν· εἰς κενὸν ἐκοπίασεν ἄνευ φόβου.

LXX

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

ASV

הִקְשִׁ֣יחַ בָּנֶ֣י/הָ לְּ/לֹא לָ֑/הּ לְ/רִ֖יק יְגִיעָ֣/הּ בְּלִי פָֽחַד

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בְלִי
bly
noun · 58×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
יְגִ֥יעַ
ygy'
noun · 16×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
פַּ֣חַד
pchd
noun · 49×
רִ֖יק
ryq
noun · 12×
תַּקְשִׁ֥יחַ
tqshych
verb · 2×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Lam 4:3 — Even the sea monsters 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.