Job 39 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats bring forth among the rocks, or hast thou observed the hinds when they fawn? “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 Hast thou numbered the months of their conceiving, or 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 to bring forth young, and they cast them, and send forth roarings. 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 to feed : they go forth, and return not 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 hath sent out the wild ass free, and who hath loosed 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 To whom I have given a house in the wilderness, and his dwellings in the barren 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 scorneth the multitude of the city, he heareth not the cry 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 He looketh round about the mountains of his pasture, and seeketh for 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 Shall the rhinoceros be willing to serve thee, or will he stay at 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 rhinoceros with thy thong to plough, or will he break the clods of 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 have confidence in his great strength, and leave thy labours 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 that he will render thee the seed, and gather it into thy barnfloor? 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 leaveth her eggs on the earth, thou perhaps wilt 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 forgetteth that the foot may tread upon them, or that the beasts of the field may break 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, she hath laboured in vain, no fear constraining 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 hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath 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 When time shall be, she setteth up her wings 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 Wilt thou give strength to the horse, or clothe his neck 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 Wilt thou lift him up like the locusts? the glory of his nostrils 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 He breaketh up the earth with his hoof, he pranceth boldly, he goeth forward 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 despiseth fear, he turneth not his back to 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 shall the quiver rattle, the spear and shield shall glitter. 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 Chasing and raging he swalloweth the ground, neither doth he make account when the noise of the trumpet soundeth. 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 heareth the trumpet he saith : Ha, ha : he smelleth the battle afar off, the encouraging of the captains, and the shouting of the army. 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 wax feathered by thy wisdom, spreading her wings to 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 mount up at thy command, and make her nest in high 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 abideth among the rocks, and dwelleth among cragged flints, and stony hills, where there is no access. 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 she looketh for the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. 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 ones shall suck up blood : and wheresoever the carcass shall be, she is immediately there. 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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