Job 39 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 DO you know the time when wild goats bring forth in the steep rocks? Or can you watch the calving of 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 Can you number the months that they fulfill, and know 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 And do you know when they kneel and bring forth their young ones? 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 They bring up their young ones, until they grow up and are weaned. 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 left the wild ass to be free, and made him to escape the yoke? “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 For he has made the plain his house, and the salt land 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 scorns the multitude of cities, and is not afraid of the voice of rulers. 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 tops of mountains are his pasture, and he treads over 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 unicorn be willing to serve you, or will he spend the night at your 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 Can you bind the yoke on the neck of the unicorn? Or will he harrow in a rugged place? 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 have confidence in him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave 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 Do you trust him, that he will winnow your threshing and gather your grain into the barn? 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 ostrich rouses herself up haughtily; then she comes and makes her nest; “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 But she leaves her eggs in the earth to be warmed on the ground. 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 because she has the feet of a bird, forgets that the wild beast 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 multiplies her young ones, though they do not stay with her; although her labor is in vain, she has no fear: 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 God has increased wisdom, but he has not given her a portion of it. 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 She raises herself high like a palm tree; she laughs at 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 Have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck with armour? “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 move like the locust? Or can you make him afraid? 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 in the plain, and rejoices in the valley; he goes forth armed to the battle. 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 laughs at a pit, and is not frightened; neither does he turn back 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 The quiver rattles against him, the glittering spear and the 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 He gallops with rage that makes the ground to tremble, nor does he fear 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 He makes the sound, Aha, aha; and he smells the battle from afar; he terrifies the officers with his neighing. 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 wisdom that the hawk was created and wings his way 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 at your command, and make his nest in steep rocks? 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 and lodges on the rock, upon the cliff of the precipice. 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 He is sustained by his prey, his 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 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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