Job 39
New Living Translation
The Lord’s Challenge Continues
39 “Do you know when the wild goats give birth?
Have you watched as deer are born in the wild?
2 Do you know how many months they carry their young?
Are you aware of the time of their delivery?
3 They crouch down to give birth to their young
and deliver their offspring.
4 Their young grow up in the open fields,
then leave home and never return.
5 “Who gives the wild donkey its freedom?
Who untied its ropes?
6 I have placed it in the wilderness;
its home is the wasteland.
7 It hates the noise of the city
and has no driver to shout at it.
8 The mountains are its pastureland,
where it searches for every blade of grass.
9 “Will the wild ox consent to being tamed?
Will it spend the night in your stall?
10 Can you hitch a wild ox to a plow?
Will it plow a field for you?
11 Given its strength, can you trust it?
Can you leave and trust the ox to do your work?
12 Can you rely on it to bring home your grain
and deliver it to your threshing floor?
13 “The ostrich flaps her wings grandly,
but they are no match for the feathers of the stork.
14 She lays her eggs on top of the earth,
letting them be warmed in the dust.
15 She doesn’t worry that a foot might crush them
or a wild animal might destroy them.
16 She is harsh toward her young,
as if they were not her own.
She doesn’t care if they die.
17 For God has deprived her of wisdom.
He has given her no understanding.
18 But whenever she jumps up to run,
she passes the swiftest horse with its rider.
19 “Have you given the horse its strength
or clothed its neck with a flowing mane?
20 Did you give it the ability to leap like a locust?
Its majestic snorting is terrifying!
21 It paws the earth and rejoices in its strength
when it charges out to battle.
22 It laughs at fear and is unafraid.
It does not run from the sword.
23 The arrows rattle against it,
and the spear and javelin flash.
24 It paws the ground fiercely
and rushes forward into battle when the ram’s horn blows.
25 It snorts at the sound of the horn.
It senses the battle in the distance.
It quivers at the captain’s commands and the noise of battle.
26 “Is it your wisdom that makes the hawk soar
and spread its wings toward the south?
27 Is it at your command that the eagle rises
to the heights to make its nest?
28 It lives on the cliffs,
making its home on a distant, rocky crag.
29 From there it hunts its prey,
keeping watch with piercing eyes.
30 Its young gulp down blood.
Where there’s a carcass, there you’ll find it.”
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.”
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。”
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