Job 39 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Say if thou knowest the time of the bringing forth of the wild goats of the rock, and if thou hast marked the calving of the 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 and if thou has hast numbered the full months of their being with young, and if thou hast relieved their pangs: 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 hast reared their young without fear; and wilt thou loosen their 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 will break forth; they will be multiplied with offspring: their young will go forth, and will not 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 And who is he that sent forth the wild ass free? and who loosed his bands? “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 whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, and the salt land his coverts. 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 laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, and hears not the chiding of the tax-gatherer. 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 will survey the mountains as his pasture, and he seeks after 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 And will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or to lie down at thy manger? “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 And wilt thou bind his yoke with thongs, or will he plough furrows for thee in the plain? 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 And dost thou trust him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou commit thy works 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 And wilt thou believe that he will return to thee thy seed, and bring it in to thy 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 peacock has a beautiful wing: if the stork and the ostrich conceive, it is worthy of notice , “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 for the ostrich will leave her eggs in the ground, and warm them on 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 and has forgotten that the foot will scatter them, and the wild beasts of the field 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 has hardened herself against her young ones, as though she bereaved not herself: she labours in vain without 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 For God has withholden wisdom from her, and not given her a portion in 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 In her season she will lift herself on high; she will scorn 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 Hast thou invested the horse with strength, and clothed his neck with terror? “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 And hast thou clad him in perfect armour, and made his breast glorious with courage? 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 exulting in the plain, and goes forth in strength into the plain. 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 to scorn a king as he meets him, and will by no means 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 bow and sword resound against him; and his rage will swallow up the ground: 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 and he will not believe until the trumpet sounds. 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 And when the trumpet sounds, he says, Aha! and afar off he smells the war with prancing and 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 And does the hawk remain steady by thy wisdom, having spread out her wings unmoved, looking toward the region of 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 And does the eagle rise at thy command, and the vulture remain sitting over his 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 on a crag of a rock, and in a secret place ? 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 Thence he seeks food, his eyes observe from far. 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 And his young ones roll themselves in blood, and wherever the carcasses may be, immediately they are found. 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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