Job 39 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Do you know at what time the wild goats have given birth among the rocks, or do you observe the deer when they go into labor? “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 Have you numbered the months since their conception, and do you know at what time they gave 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 themselves for their offspring, and they give birth, and they emit roars. 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 are weaned and go out to feed; they depart 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 has set the wild ass free, and who has released his bonds? “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 I have given a house in solitude to him, and his tabernacle is in the salted land. 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 despises the crowded city; he does not pay attention to the bellow of the tax collector. 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 looks around the mountains of his pasture, and he searches everywhere for green plants. 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 Will the rhinoceros be willing to serve you, and will he remain in your stall? “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 detain the rhinoceros with your harness to plough for you, and will he loosen the soil of the furrows behind 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 put your faith in his great strength, and delegate your labors to 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 Will you trust him to return to you the seed, and to gather it on your drying 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 wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron, and of the hawk. “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 When she leaves eggs behind in the earth, will you perhaps warm 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 forgets that feet may trample them, or that the beasts of the field may shatter them. 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 She is hardened against her young, as if they were not hers; she has labored in vain, with no fear compelling her. 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 has deprived her of wisdom; neither has he given her 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 Yet, when the time is right, she raises her wings on high; she ridicules the horse and his 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 Will you supply strength to the horse, or envelope his throat with neighing? “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 Will you alarm him as the locusts do? His panic is revealed by the display of his nostrils. 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 digs at the earth with his hoof; he jumps around boldly; he advances to meet armed 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 despises fear; he does not turn away from 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 Above him, the quiver rattles, the spear and the shield shake. 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 Seething and raging, he drinks up the earth; neither does he pause when the blast of the trumpet sounds. 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 When he hears the bugle, he says, “Ha!” He smells the battle from a distance, the exhortation of the officers, and the battle cry of the soldiers. 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 Does the hawk grow feathers by means of your wisdom, spreading her wings towards 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 Will the eagle lift herself up at your command and make her nest in steep places? 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 She dwells among the rocks, and she lingers among broken boulders and inaccessible cliffs. 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, she looks for food, and her eyes catch sight of it from far away. 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 Her young will drink blood, and wherever the carcass will be, she is there immediately. 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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