Job 39

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?	1 Do you know about the birth of the mountain goats, watch for the birth pangs of the hinds,
2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?	2 Number the months that they must fulfill, and fix the time of their bringing forth?
3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.	3 They crouch down and bear their young; they deliver their progeny in the desert.
4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.	4 When their offspring thrive and grow, they leave and do not return.
5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?	5 Who has given the wild ass his freedom, and who has loosed him from bonds?
6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.	6 I have made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.
7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.	7 He scoffs at the uproar of the city, and hears no shouts of a driver.
8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.	8 He ranges the mountains for pasture, and seeks out every patch of green.
9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?	9 Will the wild ox consent to serve you, and to pass the nights by your manger?
10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?	10 Will a rope bind him in the furrow, and will he harrow the valleys after you?
11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?	11 Will you trust him for his great strength and leave to him the fruits of your toil?
12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?	12 Can you rely on him to thresh out your grain and gather in the yield of your threshing floor?
13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?	13 The wings of the ostrich beat idly; her plumage is lacking in pinions.
14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,	14 When she leaves her eggs on the ground and deposits them in the sand,
15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.	15 Unmindful that a foot may crush them, that the wild beasts may trample them,
16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;	16 She cruelly disowns her young and ruthlessly makes nought of her brood;
17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.	17 For God has withheld wisdom from her and has given her no share in understanding.
18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.	18 Yet in her swiftness of foot she makes sport of the horse and his rider.
19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?	19 Do you give the horse his strength, and endow his neck with splendor?
20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.	20 Do you make the steed to quiver while his thunderous snorting spreads terror?
21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.	21 He jubilantly paws the plain and rushes in his might against the weapons.
22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.	22 He laughs at fear and cannot be deterred; he turns not back from the sword.
23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.	23 Around him rattles the quiver, flashes the spear and the javelin.
24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.	24 Frenzied and trembling he devours the ground; he holds not back at the sound of the trumpet,
25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.	25 but at each blast he cries, "Aha!" Even from afar he scents the battle, the roar of the chiefs and the shouting.
26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?	26 Is it by your discernment that the hawk soars, that he spreads his wings toward the south?
27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?	27 Does the eagle fly up at your command to build his nest aloft?
28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.	28 On the cliff he dwells and spends the night, on the spur of the cliff or the fortress.
29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.	29 From thence he watches for his prey; his eyes behold it afar off.
30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.	30 His young ones greedily drink blood; where the slain are, there is he.