Job 39 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 “Do you know when the wild goats give birth? Have you watched as deer are born in the wild? “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 Do you know how many months they carry their young? Are you aware of the time of their delivery? 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 crouch down to give birth to their young and deliver their offspring. 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 grow up in the open fields, then leave home and never return. 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 gives the wild donkey its freedom? Who untied its ropes? “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 I have placed it in the wilderness; its home is the wasteland. 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 It hates the noise of the city and has no driver to shout at it. 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 mountains are its pastureland, where it searches for every blade of grass. 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 wild ox consent to being tamed? Will it spend the night in your stall? “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 hitch a wild ox to a plow? Will it plow a field for you? 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 Given its strength, can you trust it? Can you leave and trust the ox to do your work? 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 Can you rely on it to bring home your grain and deliver 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 ostrich flaps her wings grandly, but they are no match for the feathers of 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 lays her eggs on top of the earth, letting them be warmed 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 doesn’t worry that a foot might crush them or a wild animal might destroy 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 harsh toward her young, as if they were not her own. She doesn’t care if they die. 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 has deprived her of wisdom. He has given her no 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 But whenever she jumps up to run, she passes the swiftest horse with 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 “Have you given the horse its strength or clothed its neck with a flowing 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 Did you give it the ability to leap like a locust? Its majestic snorting is 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 It paws the earth and rejoices in its strength when it charges out to 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 It laughs at fear and is unafraid. It does not run 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 arrows rattle against it, and the spear and javelin flash. 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 It paws the ground fiercely and rushes forward into battle when the ram’s horn blows. 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 It snorts at the sound of the horn. It senses the battle in the distance. It quivers at the captain’s commands and the noise of battle. 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 your wisdom that makes the hawk soar and spread 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 Is it at your command that the eagle rises to the heights to make its nest? 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 It lives on the cliffs, making its home on a distant, rocky crag. 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 it hunts its prey, keeping watch with piercing eyes. 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 Its young gulp down blood. Where there’s a carcass, there you’ll find it.” 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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