Job 39 Parallel Bible Translations

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Bishops' Bible of 1568
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1 Knowest thou the time whe the wylde goates bring foorth their young among the stonye rockes? or layest thou wayte when the hindes vse to calue? “Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the does? “Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?
2 Canst thou number the monethes that they go with young? or knowest thou the time when they bring foorth? Can you number the months that they fulfill, and do you know the time when they give birth, Do you count the months till they bear? Do you know the time they give birth?
3 They lye downe, they calue their young ones, and they are deliuered of their trauaile and paine: when they crouch, bring forth their offspring, and are delivered of their young? They crouch down and bring forth their young; their labor pains are ended.
4 Yet their young ones grow vp, and waxe fatte through good feeding with corne: They go foorth, and returne not againe vnto them. Their young ones become strong; they grow up in the open; they go out and do not return to them. Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds; they leave and do not return.
5 Who letteth the wylde asse to go free? or who looseth the bondes of the wylde mule? “Who has let the wild donkey go free? Who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey, “Who let the wild donkey go free? Who untied its ropes?
6 Euen I which haue geuen the wyldernesse to be their house, and the vntilled land to be their dwelling. to whom I have given the arid plain for his home and the salt land for his dwelling place? I gave it the wasteland as its home, the salt flats as its habitat.
7 They force not for the multitude of people in the citie, neither regarde the crying of the driuer: He scorns the tumult of the city; he hears not the shouts of the driver. It laughs at the commotion in the town; it does not hear a driver’s shout.
8 But seeke their pasture about the mountaines, and folowe the greene grasse. He ranges the mountains as his pasture, and he searches after every green thing. It ranges the hills for its pasture and searches for any green thing.
9 Wyll the vnicorne do thee seruice, or abide still by thy cribbe? “Is the wild ox willing to serve you? Will he spend the night at your manger? “Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will it stay by your manger at night?
10 Canst thou binde the yoke about the vnicorne in the forowe, to make him plowe after thee in the valleyes? Can you bind him in the furrow with ropes, or will he harrow the valleys after you? Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness? Will it till the valleys behind you?
11 Mayst thou trust him because he is strong, or commit thy labour vnto him? Will you depend on him because his strength is great, and will you leave to him your labor? Will you rely on it for its great strength? Will you leave your heavy work to it?
12 Mayst thou beleue him that he wyll bring home thy corne, or carry any thing vnto thy barne? Do you have faith in him that he will return your grain and gather it to your threshing floor? Can you trust it to haul in your grain and bring it to your threshing floor?
13 Gauest thou the faire winges vnto the pecockes, or winges and fethers vnto the Estriche? “The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the pinions and plumage of love? “The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, though they cannot compare with the wings and feathers of the stork.
14 For she leaueth her egges in the earth, and heateth them in the dust. For she leaves her eggs to the earth and lets them be warmed on the ground, She lays her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand,
15 She remembreth not that they might be troden with feete, or broken with some wilde beaste. forgetting that a foot may crush them and that the wild beast may trample them. unmindful that a foot may crush them, that some wild animal may trample them.
16 So harde is she vnto her young ones as though they were not hers, and laboureth in vaine without any feare. She deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers; though her labor be in vain, yet she has no fear, She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers; she cares not that her labor was in vain,
17 And that because God hath taken wysdome from her, & hath not geuen her vnderstanding. because God has made her forget wisdom and given her no share in understanding. for God did not endow her with wisdom or give her a share of good sense.
18 When her time is that she fleeth vp on hie, she careth neither for the horse nor the ryder. When she rouses herself to flee, she laughs at the horse and his rider. Yet when she spreads her feathers to run, she laughs at horse and rider.
19 Hast thou geue the horse his strength, or learned him to ney coragiously? “Do you give the horse his might? Do you clothe his neck with a mane? “Do you give the horse its strength or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?
20 Canst thou make him afrayde as a grashopper? where as the stoute neying that he maketh is fearefull. Do you make him leap like the locust? His majestic snorting is terrifying. Do you make it leap like a locust, striking terror with its proud snorting?
21 He breaketh the grounde with the hooffes of his feete, he reioyceth cherefully in his strength, and runneth to meete the harnest men. He paws in the valley and exults in his strength; he goes out to meet the weapons. It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength, and charges into the fray.
22 He layeth aside all feare, his stomacke is not abated, neither starteth he backe for any sworde. He laughs at fear and is not dismayed; he does not turn back from the sword. It laughs at fear, afraid of nothing; it does not shy away from the sword.
23 Though the quiuers rattle vpon him, though the speare and shielde glister: Upon him rattle the quiver, the flashing spear, and the javelin. The quiver rattles against its side, along with the flashing spear and lance.
24 Yet rusheth he in fiercely beating the grounde, he thinketh it not the noyse of the trumpettes: With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground; he cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet. In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.
25 But when the trumpettes make most noyse, he saith, tushe, for he smelleth the battaile a farre of, the noyse of the captaines and the shouting. When the trumpet sounds, he says ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle from afar, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. At the blast of the trumpet it snorts, ‘Aha!’ It catches the scent of battle from afar, the shout of commanders and the battle cry.
26 Commeth it through thy wysdome that the Goshauke flieth toward the south? “Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars and spreads his wings toward the south? “Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom and spread its wings toward the south?
27 Doth the Egle mount vp, and make his nest on hye at thy comaundement? Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes his nest on high? Does the eagle soar at your command and build its nest on high?
28 He abydeth in stony rockes, and dwelleth vpon the hye toppes of moutaines: On the rock he dwells and makes his home, on the rocky crag and stronghold. It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night; a rocky crag is its stronghold.
29 From whence he seeketh his praye, and loketh farre about with his eyes. From there he spies out the prey; his eyes behold it from far away. From there it looks for food; its eyes detect it from afar.
30 His young ones also sucke vp blood: and where any dead body lyeth, there is he. His young ones suck up blood, and where the slain are, there is he.” Its young ones feast on blood, and where the slain are, there it is.”
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