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39 ¿Sabes cuándo paren las rebecas
o has asistido alguna vez al parto de las ciervas?
¿Has contado sus meses de gestación
y conoces el tiempo en que paren,
cuando, acurrucadas, echan a sus crías,
y expulsan fuera a sus hijos?
Sus cachorros crecen sanos,
se hacen adultos en el campo,
se van y ya no regresan.
¿Quién deja en libertad al onagro
o desata al asno salvaje,
al que di la estepa por morada,
la tierra reseca por hogar?
Se ríe del bullicio del pueblo,
no escucha la voz del arriero.
Busca su pasto en los montes,
rastrea cualquier hierba tierna.
¿Crees que el búfalo te prestará un servicio
y pasará la noche en tu establo?
10 ¿Lo atarías al arado en la besana
y rastrillaría el campo labrado tras de ti?
11 ¿Te fiarías de su fuerza descomunal,
hasta cederle el peso de tus tareas?
12 ¿Le confiarías la cosecha del cereal
y su acarreo después de la trilla?
13 El avestruz aletea con arrogancia,
como si tuviese alas de cigüeña.
14 Pero pone sus huevos en el suelo
y deja que se incuben en la arena
15 sin pensar que pueden ser pisados
o aplastados por una fiera salvaje.
16 Se muestra cruel con sus pollos,
igual que si no fuesen suyos;
no le importa fatigarse en vano.
17 Es que Dios le negó sabiduría,
no le dio su porción de inteligencia.
18 Mas, cuando se alza encabritada,
se ríe del caballo y del jinete.
19 ¿Le das tú al caballo su brío
o le cubres el cuello de crines?
20 ¿Le haces saltar como langosta?
Su relincho provoca terror,
21 piafa inquieto en el valle,
se lanza impetuoso al ataque.
22 Se burla del miedo, no teme;
nunca retrocede ante las armas,
23 aunque silben las flechas alrededor
o lanzas y venablos centelleen.
24 Devora su ruta nervioso y con estrépito,
nadie lo sujeta cuando suena la trompeta;
25 responde a la trompeta con relinchos,
ventea de lejos la batalla,
el grito de guerra de los jefes.
26 ¿Enseñas a volar al halcón,
cuando despliega sus alas hacia el sur?
27 ¿Acaso porque tú lo ordenas,
remonta el águila su vuelo
y hace su nido en los riscos?
28 Construye su hogar en la roca,
se oculta en repisas rocosas;
29 desde allí otea a sus presas,
sus ojos las divisan de lejos.
30 Sus crías se alimentan de sangre;
se deja ver donde hay un cadáver.

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?
Can you number the months that they fulfill?
Or do you know the time when they bear young?
They bow down,
They bring forth their young,
They deliver their [a]offspring.
Their young ones are healthy,
They grow strong with grain;
They depart and do not return to them.

“Who set the wild donkey free?
Who loosed the bonds of the [b]onager,
(C)Whose home I have made the wilderness,
And the [c]barren land his dwelling?
He scorns the tumult of the city;
He does not heed the shouts of the driver.
The range of the mountains is his pasture,
And he searches after (D)every green thing.

“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.

Footnotes

  1. Job 39:3 Lit. pangs
  2. Job 39:5 A species of wild donkey
  3. Job 39:6 Lit. salt land
  4. Job 39:12 Lit. seed
  5. Job 39:16 Lit. fear
  6. Job 39:19 Or a mane
  7. Job 39:20 make him spring