Job 39:7
He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, 1 And hears not the chiding of the tax gatherer. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
In Context
6Whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, 1 And the salt land his coverts. 1
8He will survey the mountains as his pasture, 1 And he seeks after every green thing. 1
Cross References
Exodus 5:18Now then go and work, for straw shall not be given to you, yet ye shall return the rate of bricks.
Job 39:10And wilt thou bind his yoke with thongs, 1 Or will he plow furrows for thee in the plain? 1
Isaiah 31:4For thus said the Lord to me, As a lion would roar, or a lion’s whelp over prey which he has taken, and cry over it, until the mountains are filled with his voice, and the animals are awestruck and tremble at the fierceness of his wrath: so the Lord of hosts shall descend to fight upon the Mount Zion, even upon her mountains.
Matthew Henry on Job 39:2-13
Man's Ignorance of the Animal Creation; Description of the Wild Goat, Hind, Wild Ass, and Unicorn. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? 2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? 3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. 4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them. 5… Read the whole commentary →