Job 39 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Knewest thou the time of the bringing forth of the wild goats of the rock? and wilt thou watch the bearing 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 Wilt thou number the months they shall fill up? and didst thou know the time of their bringing 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 They will bow, they will bring forth their children, they will cast forth their pains. 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 sons will be fat, they will increase with grain; they will go forth and not turn back 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 sent the wild ass free? and who opened the bonds of the wild ass? “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 did I set the desert his house, and the salt land 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 He will laugh at the multitude of the city; he will not hear the noise of him driving. 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 searching out of the mountains his pasture, and he will seek 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 Will the buffalo be willing to serve thee, or will he lodge by thy 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 Wilt thou bind the buffalo in the furrow with cords, or will he harrow the valleys 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 Wilt thou trust in him because great his strength? and wilt thou leave to him thy labor? 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 Wilt thou believe in him that he will turn back thy seed and gather 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 wings of ostriches exulted; and the wing-feather of the stork and the pinion. “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 she will leave her eggs to the earth, and she will warm them 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 And she will forget that the foot will press it, and the beast of the field will crush it. 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 made hard to her sons as not to her: her labor 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 caused her to forget wisdom, and he divided not to her 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 For the time she will lash herself up upon height, she will laugh at the horse and at 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 Wilt thou give strength to the horse? wilt thou clothe his neck with thunder? “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 Wilt thou cause him to tremble as the locust? the glory of his snorting is terror. 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 They will dig in the valley, and he will rejoice in strength: he will go forth to the meeting of the weapon. 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 will laugh at fear, and he will not be dismayed; and he will not turn back from the face of 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 will give forth a whizzing against him, the flame of the spear and the javelin. 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 With leaping and rage he will swallow the earth; and he will not believe that it is the voice 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 will say according to the multitude of the trumpet, Aha! and he will smell the battle from far off, the thunder of the chiefs, and the war cry. 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 From thy understanding will the hawk mount upwards? will it stretch its wings to 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 If at thy mouth the eagle will lift itself up, and if it will raise up 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 She will dwell in the rock, and she will lodge upon the cliff of the rock and the fortress. 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 thence it sought food; far off shall its eyes behold. 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 Her young shall suck up the blood: and where the wounded, 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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