Job 39
Het Boek
God verlangt een antwoord
39 ‘Kunt u de prooi verzorgen voor een leeuwin en de honger van haar jongen stillen,
2 die in het hol of in het struikgewas liggen te wachten?
3 Wie zorgt voor de raven wanneer hun jongen tot God roepen en hongerig door het nest kruipen?
4 Weet u wanneer de berggeiten hun jongen werpen en de hinden moeten kalven?
5,6 Weet u hoeveel maanden zij moeten dragen voordat zij zich krommen om hun jongen te werpen en van die last verlost zijn?
7 Hun jongen groeien op in het open veld, waarna zij hun ouders verlaten en nooit meer bij hen terugkeren.
8 Wie laat de wilde ezels vrij rondlopen, wie heeft hun touwen losgemaakt?
9 Ik heb hun een leefgebied gegeven in de wildernis en de zoutvlakten.
10 Want zij lachen om het lawaai van de stad en het geschreeuw van drijvers.
11 De bergweiden zijn hun grasland, daar zoeken zij naar groene blaadjes.
12 Zal de wilde stier u willen dienen? Zal hij ʼs nachts bij uw voerbak blijven staan?
13 Kunt u de stier voor het ploegen gebruiken? Zal hij de eg voor u trekken?
14 Zult u op hem vertrouwen omdat hij zo sterk is? Zult u hem zelf laten uitmaken waar hij werkt?
15 Kunt u hem gebruiken om uw graan binnen te brengen naar de dorsvloer?
16 De struisvogel klapt vrolijk met haar vleugels, maar met haar slagpennen en veren is zij nog geen ooievaar.
17 Zij legt haar eieren op de grond en laat ze warm worden in het zand.
18 Ze vergeet daarbij dat iemand ze kan kapottrappen of dat de wilde dieren ze kunnen vernielen.
19 Zij behandelt haar jongen hard alsof ze helemaal niet van haar zijn, zij vindt het niet erg ze te dragen en de eieren te leggen,
20 want God heeft haar geen wijsheid of gezond verstand gegeven!
21 Maar als zij opspringt om weg te rennen, verslaat zij het snelste paard met zijn berijder!
22 Hebt u het paard zijn kracht en die prachtige manen gegeven?
23 Hebt u hem het vermogen gegeven te springen als een sprinkhaan? Zijn gebries is angstaanjagend.
24-26 Hij woelt vrolijk met zijn hoeven de grond om en is trots op zijn kracht. En wanneer hij ten strijde trekt, toont hij geen angst voor het zwaard en gaat hij er niet vandoor als de pijlkoker klettert en speren en lansen blinken.
27 Opgewonden stormt hij over het veld en is niet meer te houden wanneer het trompetgeschal klinkt.
28 Bij het geluid van de hoorn begint hij te snuiven. Van ver ruikt hij de strijd. De strijdkreten en het geluid van de bevelen klinken hem vertrouwd in de oren.
29 Weet u hoe een havik zijn vleugels naar het zuiden uitslaat?
30 Vliegt de gier op uw bevel omhoog om op de hoge rotsen een nest te bouwen?
31 Hij leeft dag en nacht op de rotsen en bouwt daar zijn nest als een onneembaar fort.
32 Van daaruit bespiedt hij zijn prooi ver beneden hem.
33 Zijn jongen in het nest leven van bloed, want waar gesneuvelden zijn, daar is de gier ook.’
34 De Here vervolgde:
35 ‘Wilt u nog steeds redetwisten met de Almachtige en Hem verbeteren? Of is dit genoeg? Kan de man die Mij wilde bekritiseren, Mij nu ook de antwoorden geven?’
36 Job antwoordde God:
37 ‘Ik ben een onwaardig mens, hoe zou ik U kunnen antwoorden?
38 Ik leg mezelf het zwijgen op en zal niet voor de tweede maal spreken. Ik heb al veel te veel gezegd.’
Job 39
Christian Standard Bible
39 Do you know when mountain goats give birth?
Have you watched the deer in labor?
2 Can you count the months they are pregnant[a]
so you can know the time they give birth?
3 They crouch down to give birth to their young;
they deliver their newborn.[b]
4 Their offspring are healthy and grow up in the open field.
They leave and do not return.[c]
5 Who set the wild donkey free?
Who released the swift donkey from its harness?
6 I made the desert(A) its home,
and the salty(B) wasteland its dwelling.
7 It scoffs at the noise of the village
and never hears the shouts of a driver.(C)
8 It roams the mountains for its pastureland,
searching for anything green.
9 Would the wild ox be willing to serve you?
Would it spend the night by your feeding trough?
10 Can you hold the wild ox(D) to a furrow by its harness?
Will it plow the valleys behind you?
11 Can you depend on it because its strength is great?
Would you leave it to do your hard work?
12 Can you trust the wild ox to harvest your grain
and bring it to your threshing floor?
13 The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
but are her feathers and plumage like the stork’s?[d](E)
14 She abandons her eggs on the ground
and lets them be warmed in the sand.
15 She forgets that a foot may crush them
or that some wild animal may trample them.
16 She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own,
with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.
17 For God has deprived her of wisdom;
he has not endowed her with understanding.(F)
18 When she proudly[e] spreads her wings,
she laughs at the horse and its rider.
19 Do you give strength to the horse?
Do you adorn his neck with a mane?[f]
20 Do you make him leap like a locust?
His proud snorting fills one with terror.
21 He paws[g] in the valley and rejoices in his strength;
he charges into battle.[h]
22 He laughs at fear, since he is afraid of nothing;
he does not run from the sword.
23 A quiver rattles at his side,
along with a flashing spear and a javelin.
24 He charges ahead[i] with trembling rage;
he cannot stand still at the sound of the ram’s horn.
25 When the ram’s horn blasts, he snorts defiantly.[j]
He smells the battle from a distance;
he hears the officers’ shouts and the battle cry.
26 Does the hawk take flight by your understanding
and spread its wings to the south?
27 Does the eagle soar at your command
and make its nest(G) on high?
28 It lives on a cliff where it spends the night;
its stronghold is on a rocky crag.
29 From there it searches for prey;(H)
its eyes penetrate the distance.
30 Its brood gulps down blood,
and where the slain are, it is there.(I)
Job 39
King James Version
39 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: her labour is in vain without fear;
17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is 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.
26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
Job 39
New King James Version
God Continues to Challenge Job
39 “Do you know the time when the wild (A)mountain goats bear young?
Or can you mark when (B)the deer gives birth?
2 Can you number the months that they fulfill?
Or do you know the time when they bear young?
3 They bow down,
They bring forth their young,
They deliver their [a]offspring.
4 Their young ones are healthy,
They grow strong with grain;
They depart and do not return to them.
5 “Who set the wild donkey free?
Who loosed the bonds of the [b]onager,
6 (C)Whose home I have made the wilderness,
And the [c]barren land his dwelling?
7 He scorns the tumult of the city;
He does not heed the shouts of the driver.
8 The range of the mountains is his pasture,
And he searches after (D)every green thing.
9 “Will the (E)wild ox be willing to serve you?
Will he bed by your manger?
10 Can you bind the wild ox in the furrow with ropes?
Or will he plow the valleys behind you?
11 Will you trust him because his strength is great?
Or will you leave your labor to him?
12 Will you trust him to bring home your [d]grain,
And gather it to your threshing floor?
13 “The wings of the ostrich wave proudly,
But are her wings and pinions like the kindly stork’s?
14 For she leaves her eggs on the ground,
And warms them in the dust;
15 She forgets that a foot may crush them,
Or that a wild beast may break them.
16 She (F)treats her young harshly, as though they were not hers;
Her labor is in vain, without [e]concern,
17 Because God deprived her of wisdom,
And did not (G)endow her with understanding.
18 When she lifts herself on high,
She scorns the horse and its rider.
19 “Have you given the horse strength?
Have you clothed his neck with [f]thunder?
20 Can you [g]frighten him like a locust?
His majestic snorting strikes terror.
21 He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength;
(H)He gallops into the clash of arms.
22 He mocks at fear, and is not frightened;
Nor does he turn back from the sword.
23 The quiver rattles against him,
The glittering spear and javelin.
24 He devours the distance with fierceness and rage;
Nor does he come to a halt because the trumpet has sounded.
25 At the blast of the trumpet he says, ‘Aha!’
He smells the battle from afar,
The thunder of captains and shouting.
26 “Does the hawk fly by your wisdom,
And spread its wings toward the south?
27 Does the (I)eagle mount up at your command,
And (J)make its nest on high?
28 On the rock it dwells and resides,
On the crag of the rock and the stronghold.
29 From there it spies out the prey;
Its eyes observe from afar.
30 Its young ones suck up blood;
And (K)where the slain are, there it is.”
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