Job 39 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 “ Do you know the time of the bearing of the goats of the rock? Can you observe the twisting of the does? “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 Can you number the months they fulfill? Or do you know the time of their giving birth? 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 bend down and squeeze out their young; their labor pains they send forth. 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 Their young ones are healthy; they increase in the field; they go forth and do not return to 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 sent away the wild donkey free? And who opened the bonds of the swift donkey, “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 whose I have made the Arabah house, the salt land as his 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 He laughs at the tumult of the city; the shouts of the driver he does not hear. 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 He searches out the mountains for his pasture, and after every green thing he searches. 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 Is the wild ox willing to serve you, or will he lodge by your manger? “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 Can you bind the wild ox in the furrow with a cord, or will he harrow the valleys after you? 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 Will you trust in him because his strength is great, and will you leave to him your labor? 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 Will you trust in him that he will bring back your grain and gather it to your threshing floor? 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 The wings of the ostrich rejoice, but are not the pinions of a stork and its feathers. “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 leaves her eggs on the ground, and upon the dust she warms them, 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 and she forgets that a foot may crush it, or that a creature of the field might tread over it. 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 Her young she treats harshly as though not unto her; her labor is in vain, without dread; 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 for God made her forget wisdom, and He has not given a portion to her in understanding. 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 At the time she lifts herself up on high, she laughs at the horse and at its rider. 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 Have you given the horse strength? Did you clothe his neck with a mane? “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 Can you cause him to rush like a locust? The majesty of his snorting is terror. 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 They dig in the valley, and he rejoices in strength; he goes forth to meet the weaponry. 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 laughs at dread and is not dismayed; he does not turn back from the face of the sword. 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 Upon him rattles the quiver, the flame of the spear and lance. 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 With quaking and raging he swallows the ground; he cannot stand still because of the voice of the shofar. 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 In the abundance of the shofar, he says, ‘Aha!’ And from afar He smells the battle, the thunder of captains and 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 By your understanding does the hawk soar and spread his wings 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 Is it by your mouth that the eagle mounts up and makes his nest on high? 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 In the rock he dwells and lodges and his stronghold is upon the tooth of the rock. 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 there he searches out food; from afar his eyes observe. 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 And his young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there he is.” 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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