Job 39
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1"Do you know when the mountain goat gives birth? Do you watch the doe as it calves its young?1"Are you acquainted with the way the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young?
2Can you count the months of their gestation? Do you know the time when they give birth,2Do you count the months they must fulfill, and do you know the time they give birth?
3when they crouch down to give birth to their offspring, and let go of their birth pangs?3They crouch, they bear their young, they bring forth the offspring they have carried.
4Their young are strong; they grow up in the open field; then they go off and don't return to them."4Their young grow strong, and grow up in the open; they go off, and do not return to them.
5"Who sets the wild donkey free? Who loosens the bonds of the wild donkey5Who let the wild donkey go free? Who released the bonds of the donkey,
6to whom I've given the Arabah for a home; the salt plain for his dwelling place?6to whom I appointed the steppe for its home, the salt wastes as its dwelling place?
7He despises city noises; he ignores the shouts of the driver.7It scorns the tumult in the town; it does not hear the shouts of a driver.
8He ranges the mountains that are his pasture to search for anything green.8It ranges the hills as its pasture, and searches after every green plant.
9Is the wild ox willing to serve you? Will he sleep at night near your feeding trough?9Is the wild ox willing to be your servant? Will it spend the night at your feeding trough?
10Can you bind the ox to plow a furrow with a rope? Will he harrow after you in the valley?10Can you bind the wild ox to a furrow with its rope, will it till the valleys, following after you?
11Will you trust him because of his great strength and entrust your labor to him?11Will you rely on it because its strength is great? Will you commit your labor to it?
12Will you trust him that he'll bring in your grain, and gather it to your threshing floor?"12Can you count on it to bring in your grain, and gather the grain to your threshing floor?
13"The wings of the ostrich flap joyously, but aren't its pinions and feathers like the stork?13"The wings of the ostrich flap with joy, but are they the pinions and plumage of a stork?
14She abandons her eggs on the ground and lets them be warmed in the sand,14For she leaves her eggs on the ground, and lets them be warmed on the soil.
15but she forgets that a foot might crush them or any wild animal might trample them.15She forgets that a foot might crush them, or that a wild animal might trample them.
16She mistreats her young as though they're not hers, and she has no fear that her labor may be in vain,16She is harsh with her young, as if they were not hers; she is unconcerned about the uselessness of her labor.
17because God didn't grant her wisdom and never gave her understanding.17For God deprived her of wisdom, and did not impart understanding to her.
18And yet when she gets ready to run, she laughs at the horse and its rider."18But as soon as she springs up, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
19Do you instill the horse with strength? Do you clothe its neck with a mane?19"Do you give the horse its strength? Do you clothe its neck with a mane?
20Can you make him leap like the locust, and make the splendor of his snorting terrifying?20Do you make it leap like a locust? Its proud neighing is terrifying!
21He paws the ground in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he goes out to face weapons.21It paws the ground in the valley, exulting mightily, it goes out to meet the weapons.
22He scoffs at fear and is never scared; he never retreats from a sword.22It laughs at fear and is not dismayed; it does not shy away from the sword.
23A quiver of arrows rattles against his side, along with a flashing spear and a lance.23On it the quiver rattles; the lance and javelin flash.
24Leaping in his excitement, he takes in the ground; he cannot stand still when the trumpets sound!24In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet is blown.
25When the trumpet blasts he'll neigh, 'Aha! Aha!' From a distance he can sense war, the war cry of generals, and their shouting."25At the sound of the trumpet, it says, 'Aha!' And from a distance it catches the scent of battle, the thunderous shouting of commanders, and the battle cries.
26"Is it by your understanding that the hawk flies, spreading its wings toward the south?26"Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, and spreads its wings toward the south?
27Does the eagle soar high at your command and build its nest on the highest crags?27Is it at your command that the eagle soars, and builds its nest on high?
28He dwells on the crags where he makes his home, there on the rocky crag is his stronghold.28It lives on a rock and spends the night there, on a rocky crag and a fortress.
29From there he searches for prey, and his eyes recognize it from a distance.29From there it spots its prey, its eyes gaze intently from a distance.
30His young ones feast on blood; he'll be found wherever there's a carcass." 30And its young ones devour the blood, and where the dead carcasses are, there it is."
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