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King James Bible |
Youngs Literal Translation |
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| 39:1 | Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? | Hast thou known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? The bringing forth of hinds thou dost mark! |
| 39:2 | Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? | Thou dost number the months they fulfil? And thou hast known the time of their bringing forth! |
| 39:3 | They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. | They bow down, Their young ones they bring forth safely, Their pangs they cast forth. |
| 39:4 | Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them. | Safe are their young ones, They grow up in the field, they have gone out, And have not returned to them. |
| 39:5 | Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? | Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened? |
| 39:6 | Whose house I have made the wilderness, and |
Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land, |
| 39:7 | He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying |
He doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not. |
| 39:8 | The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. | The range of mountains `is' his pasture, And after every green thing he seeketh. |
| 39:9 | Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? | Is a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib? |
| 39:10 | Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? | Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow `with' his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee? |
| 39:11 | Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? | Dost thou trust in him because great `is' his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour? |
| 39:12 | Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn? | Dost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And `to' thy threshing-floor doth gather `it'? |
| 39:13 | Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? | The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk. |
| 39:14 | Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, | For she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them, |
| 39:15 | And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. | And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down. |
| 39:16 | She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear; | Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain `is' her labour without fear. |
| 39:17 | Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding. | For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her in understanding: |
| 39:18 | What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider. | At the time on high she lifteth herself up, She laugheth at the horse and at his rider. |
| 39:19 | Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? | Dost thou give to the horse might? Dost thou clothe his neck `with' a mane? |
| 39:20 | Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is |
Dost thou cause him to rush as a locust? The majesty of his snorting `is' terrible. |
| 39:21 | They dig in a valley, and he rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour. | |
| 39:22 | He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. | He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted, And he turneth not back from the face of the sword. |
| 39:23 | The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. | Against him rattle doth quiver, The flame of a spear, and a halbert. |
| 39:24 | He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. | With trembling and rage he swalloweth the ground, And remaineth not stedfast Because of the sound of a trumpet. |
| 39:25 | He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. | Among the trumpets he saith, Aha, And from afar he doth smell battle, Roaring of princes and shouting. |
| 39:26 | Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south? | By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south? |
| 39:27 | Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? | At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest? |
| 39:28 | She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. | A rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and fortress. |
| 39:29 | From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. | From thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively, |
| 39:30 | Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she. | And his brood gulph up blood, And where the pierced `are' -- there `is' he! |