NLT
KJV
16. She is hardened against her young ones, as though [they were] not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
ASV
16. She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain, she is without fear;
ESV
16. She deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers; though her labor be in vain, yet she has no fear,
ERVEN
16. An ostrich leaves her little babies. She treats them as if they were not her own. If her babies die, she does not care that all her work was for nothing.
WEB
16. She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,
NET
16. She is harsh with her young, as if they were not hers; she is unconcerned about the uselessness of her labor.
NLV
16. She is bad in the way she acts toward her young, as if they were not hers. Her work of giving birth is for nothing, for she does not care.
HCSB
16. She treats her young harshly, as if [they] were not her own, with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.
YLT
16. Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain [is] her labour without fear.
LITV
16. she treats her young roughly, as if they are not hers; for her labor is vanity without fear;
RV
16. She is hardened against her young ones, as if they were not hers: though her labour be in vain, {cf15i she is} without fear;
NCV
16. The ostrich is cruel to its young, as if they were not even its own. It does not care that its work is for nothing,
MKJV
16. She treats her young roughly, as if not hers; for her labor is vanity without fear;
AKJV
16. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: her labor is in vain without fear;
LXXEN
16. She has [Or, has cruelly rejected her young ones] hardened herself against her young ones, as though she bereaved not herself: she labours in vain without fear.
KJV
16. She is hardened against her young ones, as though [they were] not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
AMP
16. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labor is in vain because she has no sense of danger [for her unborn brood],
KJVP
16. She is hardened H7188 VHQ3MS against her young ones H1121 CMP-3FS , as though [ they ] [ were ] not H3808 L-NADV hers : her labor H3018 CMS-3FS is in vain H7385 L-NMS without H1097 ADV fear H6343 NMS ;
YLT
16. Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain [is] her labour without fear.
ASV
16. She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain, she is without fear;
WEB
16. She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,
NASB
16. She cruelly disowns her young and ruthlessly makes nought of her brood;
ESV
16. She deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers; though her labor be in vain, yet she has no fear,
RV
16. She is hardened against her young ones, as if they were not hers: though her labour be in vain, {cf15i she is} without fear;
RSV
16. She deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers; though her labor be in vain, yet she has no fear;
NKJV
16. She treats her young harshly, as though [they were] not hers; Her labor is in vain, without concern,
MKJV
16. She treats her young roughly, as if not hers; for her labor is vanity without fear;
AKJV
16. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: her labor is in vain without fear;
NRSV
16. It deals cruelly with its young, as if they were not its own; though its labor should be in vain, yet it has no fear;
NIV
16. She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers; she cares not that her labour was in vain,
NIRV
16. Ostriches are mean to their little ones. They treat them as if they did not belong to them. They do not care that their work was useless.
NLT
16. She is harsh toward her young, as if they were not her own. She doesn't care if they die.
MSG
16. She's negligent with her young, as if they weren't even hers. She cares nothing about anything.
GNB
16. She acts as if the eggs were not hers, and is unconcerned that her efforts were wasted.
NET
16. She is harsh with her young, as if they were not hers; she is unconcerned about the uselessness of her labor.
ERVEN
16. An ostrich leaves her little babies. She treats them as if they were not her own. If her babies die, she does not care that all her work was for nothing.