Job 39:7
He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
BSB
ASV
He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.
KJV
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
[ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE WILD ASS AS CHRIST - continued] He scorneth the multitude of the city. 69. That is, He despises the customs of human conversation. For having been made a Man amongst men, He refused to observe the practice of men. For He was therefore made a Man amongst us, not only to redeem us by the shedding of His blood, but also to change us by setting an example. He found therefore one thing in our conversation at His coming, and taught us another by His life.
He scorneth the multitude of the city - That is, he sets all this at defiance; he is not intimidated by it. He finds his home far away from the city in the wild freedom of the wilderness. Neither regardeth he the crying of the driver - Margin, “exacter.” The Hebrew word properly means a collector of taxes or revenue, and hence, an oppressor, and a driver of cattle. The allusion here is to a driver, and the meaning is, that he is not subject to restraint, but enjoys the most unlimited freedom.
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Isaiah 31:4For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not…
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They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.
The lion has roared—who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken—who will not prophesy?
The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:
For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of…
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Exodus 5:18Now get to work. You will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full quota of bricks.”
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As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.
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Job 3:18The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
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On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,
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