Job 39 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? dost thou mark the calving of the hinds? “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 Dost thou number the months that they fulfil? and knowest thou the time when they bring forth? 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 bow themselves, they give birth to their young ones, they cast out their pains; 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 become strong, they grow up in the open field, they go forth, and return not unto 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 hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager, “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 house I made the wilderness, and the salt plain his dwellings? 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 laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver; 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 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. 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 buffalo be willing to serve thee, or will he lodge by thy crib? “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 bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? 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 Wilt thou put confidence in him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave thy labour 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 Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy 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 wing of the ostrich beats joyously -- But is it the stork's pinion and plumage? “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 leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth 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 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample 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 ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern. 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 hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with 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 What time she lasheth herself on high, she scorneth 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 Hast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering 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 Dost thou make him to leap as a locust? His majestic snorting is terrible. 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 paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength; he goeth forth to meet the armed host. 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 laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from before 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 The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin. 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 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot contain himself at the sound of the trumpet: 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 At the noise of the trumpets he saith, Aha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, 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 Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, [and] stretch 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 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make 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 He inhabiteth the rock and maketh his dwelling on the point of the cliff, and the fastness: 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 thence he spieth out the prey, his eyes look into the distance; 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 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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