job 39:16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

job 39:16 "She treats her young cruelly, as if [they] were not hers; Though her labor be in vain, [she] is unconcerned;

16. On a slight noise she often forsakes her eggs, and returns not, as if she were "hardened towards her young."
her labour--in producing eggs, is in vain, (yet) she has not disquietude (about her young), unlike other birds, who, if one egg and another are taken away, will go on laying till their full number is made up.

job 39:16 "She treats her young cruelly, as if [they] were not hers; Though her labor be in vain, [she] is unconcerned;

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