The Meaning of Job 39:7 Explained

Job 39:7

KJV: He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.

YLT: He doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not.

Darby: He laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver;

ASV: He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He scorneth  the multitude  of the city,  neither regardeth  he the crying  of the driver. 

What does Job 39:7 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 39:1-30 - "knowest Thou?" "canst Thou?"
The series of questions is continued, and God asks more especially with respect to animated and organic nature. The wild goats, Job 39:1-4; the wild ass, Job 39:5-8; the wild ox, Job 39:9-12; the peacocks and ostriches, Job 39:13-18; the war horse, Job 39:19-25; the hawk, Job 39:26-30. In each case some special point is asked, hidden from the observation of ordinary men. If Job were unable to know more than they on such matters as these, how could he expect to know more than they of the reasons that dictate God's dealings with His people?
There is mystery in every part of the universe of God. He hides Himself, so that we cannot discover Him. His thoughts are deeper, His ways profounder, than our mind can fathom. There is not a single pathway leading out of the garden of life along which a man, traversing it, will not come to a point when the track dies away in the grass and there is no further progress. In nature and in Scripture alike we have to deal with the inscrutability of God's ways. Nor can we wonder, if the God of the Bible and of nature be the God of providence, to find mystery also there. This is the argument of The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, by Bishop Butler. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 39

1  Of the wild goats and hinds
5  Of the wild donkey
9  The unicorn
13  The peacock, stork, and ostrich
19  The horse
26  The hawk
27  The eagle

What do the individual words in Job 39:7 mean?

He scorns the tumult of the city the shouts of the driver not He does heed
יִ֭שְׂחַק לַהֲמ֣וֹן קִרְיָ֑ה תְּשֻׁא֥וֹת נ֝וֹגֵ֗שׂ לֹ֣א יִשְׁמָֽע

יִ֭שְׂחַק  He  scorns 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׂחַק  
Sense: to laugh, play, mock.
לַהֲמ֣וֹן  the  tumult 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: הָמֹון 
Sense: (Qal) murmur, roar, crowd, abundance, tumult, sound.
קִרְיָ֑ה  of  the  city 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: קִרְיָה 
Sense: city, town.
תְּשֻׁא֥וֹת  the  shouts 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: תְּשֻׁאָה 
Sense: noise, clamour.
נ֝וֹגֵ֗שׂ  of  the  driver 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: נָגַשׂ  
Sense: to press, drive, oppress, exact, exert demanding pressure.
יִשְׁמָֽע  He  does  heed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.

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