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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;

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הִקְשִׁ֣יחַhiqshichahardenקָשַׁחverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “harden”, a completed actionH7188to be (causatively, make) unfeelingharden.בָּנֶ֣יהָbaneyhasonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a 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., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […לְּלֹאleloto no , -r,לֹאpreposition, particle, negative — “to no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…לָ֑הּlahtoלָ֑הּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “to”toלְרִ֖יקleriqto vainרִיקpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to vain”, the ordinary formH7385emptiness; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vainempty, to no purpose, (in) vain (thing), vanity.יְגִיעָ֣הּyegiahworkיְגִיעַnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “work”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3018toil; hence, a work, produce, property (as the result of labor)labour, work.בְּלִיbelinotבְּלִיparticle, negative — “not”H1097properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.corruption, ig(norantly), for lack of, where no...is, so that no, none, not, un(awares), without.פָֽחַדfachaddreadפַּחַדnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dread”, the ordinary formH6343a (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling)dread(-ful), fear, (thing) great (fear, -ly feared), terror.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain [is] her labour without fear.

World English Bible

She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers, she hath laboured in vain, no fear constraining her.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

She has hardened herself against her young ones, as though she bereaved not herself: she labours in vain without fear.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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