Job 39 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Hast thou known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? The bringing forth of hinds thou dost mark! “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 Thou dost number the months they fulfil? And thou hast known 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 bow down, Their young ones they bring forth safely, Their pangs they cast forth. 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 Safe are their young ones, They grow up in the field, they have gone out, And have not returned 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 hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened? “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 Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land, 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 doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not. 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 range of mountains is his pasture, And after every green thing he seeketh. 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 a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy 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 Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow with his thick band? Doth he harrow 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 Dost thou trust in him because great is his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour? 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 Dost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And to thy threshing-floor doth gather it? 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 wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk. “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 leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them, 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 forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down. 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 Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain is her labour 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 hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion 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 At the time on high she lifteth herself up, She laugheth 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 Dost thou give to the horse might? Dost thou clothe his 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 Dost thou cause him to rush as a locust? The majesty of his snorting is terrible. 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 dig in a valley, and he rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour. 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 laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted, And he turneth not 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 Against him rattle doth quiver, The flame of a spear, and a halbert. 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 trembling and rage he swalloweth the ground, And remaineth not stedfast Because of the sound of a 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 Among the trumpets he saith, Aha, And from afar he doth smell battle, Roaring of princes and 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 By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his 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 At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up 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 A rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and 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 he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively, 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 brood gulp up blood, And where the pierced 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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