Job 39 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 (39:4) Knowest thou the time when the wilde goates bring foorth yong? or doest thou marke when the hindes doe 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 (39:5) Canst thou nomber the moneths that they fulfill? 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 (39:6) They bow them selues: they bruise their yong and cast out their sorowes. 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 (39:7) Yet their yong waxe fatte, and growe vp with corne: they goe foorth and returne not 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 (39:8) Who hath set the wilde asse at libertie? or who hath loosed the bondes of the wilde asse? “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 (39:9) It is I which haue made the wildernesse his house, and the salt places 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 (39:10) He derideth the multitude of the citie: he heareth not the crie 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 (39:11) He seeketh out the mountaine for his pasture, and searcheth after euery greene 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 (39:12) Will the vnicorne serue thee? or will he tary 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 (39:13) Canst thou binde the vnicorne with his band to labour in the furrowe? or will he plowe the valleyes 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 (39:14) Wilt thou trust in him, because his stregth is great, and cast off 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 (39:15) Wilt thou beleeue him, that he will bring home thy seede, and gather it 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 (39:16) Hast thou giuen the pleasant wings vnto the peacockes? or winges and feathers vnto the ostriche? “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 (39:17) Which leaueth his egges in the earth, and maketh them hote 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 (39:18) And forgetteth that the foote might scatter the, or that the wild beast might breake the. 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 (39:19) He sheweth himselfe cruell vnto his yong ones, as they were not his, and is without feare, as if he trauailed in vaine. 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 (39:20) For God had depriued him of wisedom, and hath giuen him no part of 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 (39:21) When time is, he mounteth on hie: he mocketh 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 (39:22) Hast thou giuen the horse strength? or couered his necke with neying? “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 (39:23) Hast thou made him afraid as the grashopper? his strong neying 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 (39:24) He diggeth in the valley, and reioyceth in his strength: he goeth foorth to meete the harnest man. 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 (39:25) He mocketh at feare, and is not afraid, and turneth not backe from the 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 (39:26) Though the quiuer rattle against him, the glittering speare and the shield. 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 (39:27) He swalloweth the ground for fearcenes and rage, and he beleeueth not that it is the noise 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 (39:28) He sayth among the trumpets, Ha, ha: hee smelleth the battell afarre off, and 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 (39:29) Shall the hauke flie by thy wisedome, stretching out 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 (39:30) Doeth the egle mount vp at thy commandement, or make his nest on hie? 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 (39:31) Shee abideth and remaineth in the rocke, euen vpon the toppe of the rocke, and the tower. 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 (39:32) From thence she spieth for meate, and her eyes beholde afarre 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 (39:33) His young ones also sucke vp blood: and where the slaine are, there is she. 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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