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.”
Job 39
Expanded Bible
39 “Do you know when the mountain goats give birth?
Do you watch ·when the deer gives birth to her fawn [L the birth pangs of the deer]?
2 Do you count the months until they ·give birth [are fulfilled]
and know the right time for them to give birth?
3 They lie down, their young are born,
and ·then the pain of giving birth is over [L deliver their fetuses].
4 Their young ones grow big and strong in the wild country.
Then they leave their homes and do not return.
5 “Who let the ·wild donkey [or onager; C a donkey-like animal also known as the Asian wild ass; Gen. 16:12] go free?
Who untied ·its ropes [L the Arabian onager from its bonds; C another Hebrew word for a wild donkey]?
6 I am the one who gave ·the donkey [L it] the ·desert [steppe] as its home;
I gave it the ·desert [L salt] lands as a place to live.
7 ·The wild donkey [L It] ·laughs [scoffs] at the ·confusion [tumult; noise] in the city,
and it does not hear the drivers shout.
8 It ·roams [scouts out] the ·hills [mountains] looking for pasture,
looking for anything green to eat.
9 “Will the wild ox agree to serve you
and stay by your ·feeding box [stable] at night?
10 Can you hold it to the ·plowed row [furrow] with a ·harness [rope]
so it will ·plow [harrow] the valleys for you?
11 Will you depend on the wild ox for its great strength
and ·leave [hand over] your heavy work for it to do?
12 Can you trust the ox to bring in your grain
and gather it to your threshing floor?
13 “The wings of the ostrich flap happily,
but ·they are not like the feathers of the stork [or its pinions lack plumage].
14 The ostrich lays its eggs on the ground
and lets them warm in the ·sand [dust].
15 It ·does not stop to think [forgets] that a foot might step on them and crush them;
·it does not care that some animal [L or a wild animal] might ·walk on [trample] them.
16 The ostrich ·is cruel to [treats harshly] its young, as if they were not even its own.
It does not care that its work is for nothing,
17 because God ·did not give the ostrich [or made her forget] wisdom;
God did not give it a share of ·good sense [understanding].
18 But when ·the ostrich gets up to run, it is so fast
that [or it flaps its wings aloft and] it laughs at the horse and its rider.
19 “Job, are you the one who gives the horse its strength
or puts a flowing mane on its neck?
20 Do you make the horse ·jump like a locust [or quiver like locust wings]?
It scares people with its ·proud [splendid] snorting.
21 It paws ·wildly [or the dirt of the valley], enjoying its strength,
and ·charges into battle [L goes out to encounter the weapons].
22 It laughs at ·fear [or danger] and is afraid of nothing;
it does not run away from the sword.
23 The ·bag of arrows [quiver] rattles against the horse’s side,
along with the flashing ·spears and swords [or javelins and spears].
24 With ·great excitement [L trembling and shaking], the horse ·races over [L swallows up] the ground;
and it cannot stand still when it hears the ·trumpet [ram’s horn].
25 When the ·trumpet [ram’s horn] blows, the horse snorts, ‘Aha!’
It ·smells [senses] the battle from far away;
·it hears the shouts [L the thunder] of commanders and the battle cry.
26 “Is it through your ·wisdom [understanding] that the ·hawk [or falcon] ·flies [soars]
and spreads its wings toward the south?
27 Are you the one that commands the eagle to fly
and build its nest so high?
28 It lives on a high cliff and stays there at night;
the ·rocky [sharp] peak is its ·protected place [fortress].
29 From there it ·looks [scouts] for its food;
its eyes can see it from far away.
30 Its young ·eat [suck; gorge on] blood,
and where ·there is something dead [the slain are], the eagle is there.”
约伯记 39
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
以動物的生態質問約伯
39 “山巖間的野山羊的產期你能曉得嗎？
母鹿下犢之期你能察出嗎？
2 牠們懷胎的月數你能計算嗎？
牠們生產的日期你能曉得嗎？
3 牠們屈身，把子產下，
就除掉生產的疼痛。
4 幼雛漸漸健壯，在荒野長大，
牠們一離群出去，就不再返回。
5 誰放野驢自由出去呢？
誰解開快驢的繩索呢？
6 我使原野作牠的家，
使鹹地作牠的居所。
7 牠嗤笑城裡的喧嘩，
不聽趕野驢的呼喝聲；
8 牠探索群山作牠的草場，
尋覓各樣青綠的東西。
9 野牛怎肯作你的僕人，
或在你的槽旁過夜呢？
10 你怎能用套繩把野牛繫在犁溝呢？
牠怎肯跟著你耙山谷之地呢？
11 你怎能因牠的力大就倚賴牠？
怎能把你所作的交給牠作呢？
12 怎能信任牠能把你的糧食運回來；
又收聚你禾場上的穀粒呢？
13 鴕鳥的翅膀欣然鼓動，
但牠的翎毛和羽毛哪有慈愛呢？
14 牠把蛋都留在地上，
使它們在土裡得溫暖，
15 牠卻忘記了人的腳可以把蛋踩碎，
野地的走獸會把蛋踐踏。
16 牠苛待幼雛，看牠們好像不是自己生的，
就算牠的勞苦白費了，也漠不關心，
17 因為 神使牠忘記了智慧，
也沒有把聰明分給牠。
18 牠挺身鼓翼奔跑的時候，
就譏笑馬和騎馬的人。
19 馬的大力是你所賜的嗎？
牠頸上的鬃毛是你披上的嗎？
20 是你使牠跳躍像蝗蟲嗎？
牠噴氣之威使人驚惶。
21 牠在谷中扒地，以己力為樂，
牠出去迎戰手持武器的人。
22 牠譏笑可怕的事，並不驚慌，
也不在刀劍的面前退縮。
23 箭袋、閃爍的矛與槍，
都在牠的身上錚錚有聲。
24 牠震抖激動，馳騁大地，
一聽見角聲，就不能站定。
25 角聲一響，牠就說‘呵哈’，
牠從遠處聞到戰爭的氣味，
又聽見軍長的雷聲和戰爭的吶喊。
26 鷹鳥飛翔，展翅南飛，
是因著你的聰明嗎？
27 大鷹上騰，在高處築巢，
是聽你的吩咐嗎？
28 牠住在山巖之上，
棲息在巖崖與堅固所在之上，
29 從那裡窺看獵物，
牠們的眼睛可以從遠處觀望。
30 牠的幼雛也都吮血；
被殺的人在哪裡，鷹也在哪裡。”
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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