Job 39:1–40:24
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Job 39:1–40:24 · Psalm 100 (MT: 101) · Proverbs 23:29–30 · 1 Corinthians 6:1–20
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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:
1“Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?
2and [if] thou hast numbered the full months of their being with young, and [if] thou hast relieved their pangs:
2Can you count the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?
3and hast reared their young without fear; and wilt thou loosen their pangs?
3They bow themselves. They bear their young. They end their labor pains.
4Their young will break forth; they will be multiplied with offspring: [their young] will go forth, and will not return to them.
4Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go out, and don’t return again.
5And who is he that sent forth the wild ass free? and who loosed his bands?
5“Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,
6whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, and the salt land his coverts.
6whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place?
7He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, and hears not the chiding of the tax-gatherer.
7He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.
8He will survey the mountains [as] his pasture, and he seeks after every green thing.
8The range of the mountains is his pasture. He searches after every green thing.
9And will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or to lie down at thy manger?
9“Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?
10And wilt thou bind his yoke with thongs, or will he plough furrows for thee in the plain?
10Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?
11And dost thou trust him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou commit thy works to him ?
11Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?
12And wilt thou believe that he will return to thee thy seed, and bring [it] in [to] thy threshing -floor?
12Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor?
13The peacock has a beautiful wing: if the stork and the ostrich conceive, [it is worthy of notice],
13“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the feathers and plumage of love?
14for [the ostrich] will leave her eggs in the ground, and warm them on the dust,
14For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust,
15and has forgotten that the foot will scatter them, and the wild beasts of the field trample them.
15and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them.
16She has hardened [herself] against her young ones, as though [she bereaved] not herself: she labours in vainwithout fear.
16She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,
17For God has withholden wisdom from her , and not given her a portion in understanding.
17because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.
18In her season she will lift herself on high; she will scorn the horse and his rider.
18When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.
19Hast thou invested the horse with strength, and clothed his neck with terror?
19“Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?
20And hast thou clad him in perfect armour, and made his breast glorious with courage?
20Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.
21He paws exulting in the plain, and goes forth in strength into the plain.
21He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men.
22He laughs to scorn a king as he meets him, and will by no means turn back from the sword.
22He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword.
23The bow and sword resound against him; and [his] rage will swallow up the ground:
23The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin.
24and he will not believe until the trumpet sounds.
24He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
25And when the trumpet sounds, he says, Aha! and afar off he smells the war with prancing and neighing.
25As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26And does the hawk remain steady by thy wisdom , having spread out her wings unmoved, looking toward the region of the south?
26“Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?
27And does the eagle rise at thy command , and the vulture remain sitting over his nest,
27Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?
28on a crag of a rock, and in a secret [place]?
28On the cliff he dwells and makes his home, on the point of the cliff and the stronghold.
29Thence he seeks food, his eyes observe from far.
29From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.
30And his young ones roll themselves in blood, and wherever the carcases may be, immediately they are found.
30His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is.”
1And the Lord God answered Job, and said,
1Moreover Yahweh answered Job,
2Will [any one] pervert judgment with the Mighty One? and he that reproves God, let him return it for answer .
2“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
3And Job answered and said to the Lord,
3Then Job answered Yahweh,
4Why do I yet plead? being rebuked even while reproving the Lord: hearing such things, whereas I am nothing: and what shall I answer to these [arguments]? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
4“Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
5I have spoken once; but I will not do so a second time.
5I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
6And the Lord yet again answered and spoke to Job out of the cloud, [saying],
6Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind:
7Nay, gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will ask thee, and do thou answer me.
7“Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.
8Do not set aside my judgment: and dost thou think that I have dealt with thee in any other way, than that thou mightest appear to be righteous?
8Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
9Hast thou an arm like the Lord's? or dost thou thunder with a voice like his?
9Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
10Assume now a lofty bearing and power; and clothe thyself with glory and honour.
10“Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.
11And send forth messengers with wrath; and lay low every haughty one.
11Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
12Bring down also the proud man; and consume at once the ungodly.
12Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
13And hide them together in the earth; and fill their faces with shame.
13Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
14[Then] will I confess that thy right hand can save [thee].
14Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.
15But now look at the wild beasts with thee; they eat grass like oxen.
15“See now behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.
16Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
16Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.
17He sets up his tail like a cypress; and his nerves are wrapped together.
17He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18His sides are sides of brass; and his backbone is [as] cast iron.
18His bones are like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron.
19This is the chief of the creation of the Lord; made to be played with by his angels.
19He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
20And when he has gone up to a steep mountain, he causes joy to the quadrupeds in the deep.
20Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.
21He lies under trees of every kind, by the papyrus, and reed, and bulrush.
21He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
22And the great trees make a shadow over him with their branches, and [so do] the bushes of the field.
22The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.
23If there should be a flood, he will not perceive it; he trusts that Jordan will rush up into his mouth.
23Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
24[Yet one] shall take him in his sight; [one] shall catch [him] with a cord, and pierce his nose.
24Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?