Job 39 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 |Do you know when the mountain goat gives birth? Do you watch the doe as it calves its young? “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 count the months of their gestation? Do you know the time when they give 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 when they crouch down to give birth to their offspring, and let go of their birth pangs? 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 strong; they grow up in the open field; then they go off and don't 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 sets the wild donkey free? Who loosens the bonds of the wild 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 to whom I've given the Arabah for a home; the salt plain for his dwelling place? 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 city noises; he ignores 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 He ranges the mountains that are his pasture to search for anything green. 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? Will he sleep at night near your feeding trough? “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 ox to plow a furrow with a rope? Will he harrow after you in the valley? 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 him because of his great strength and entrust your labor 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 that he'll bring in 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 flap joyously, but aren't its pinions and feathers like the stork? “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 She abandons her eggs on the ground and lets them be warmed in the sand, 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 but she forgets that a foot might crush them or any wild animal might 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 mistreats her young as though they're not hers, and she has no fear that her labor may be in vain, 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 because God didn't grant her wisdom and never gave 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 And yet when she gets ready to run, she laughs at the horse and 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 Do you instill the horse with strength? Do you clothe its 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 make him leap like the locust, and make the splendor of his snorting terrifying? 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 paws the ground in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he goes out to face weapons. 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 scoffs at fear and is never scared; he never retreats from a 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 A quiver of arrows rattles against his side, along with a flashing spear and a 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 Leaping in his excitement, he takes in the ground; he cannot stand still when the trumpets sound! 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 the trumpet blasts he'll neigh, 'Aha! Aha!' From a distance he can sense war, the war cry of generals, and their 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 |Is it by your understanding that the hawk flies, spreading its 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 Does the eagle soar high at your command and build its nest on the highest crags? 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 dwells on the crags where he makes his home, there on the rocky crag is his stronghold. 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 for prey, and his eyes recognize it from a 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 His young ones feast on blood; he'll be found wherever there's a carcass.| 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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