Job 39:1–40:24
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Job 39:1–40:24 · Psalm 100 (MT: 101) · Proverbs 23:29–30 · 1 Corinthians 6:1–20
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1[Say] if thou knowest the time of the bringing forth of the wild goats of the rock, and [if] thou hast marked the calving of the hinds:
1Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
2and [if] thou hast numbered the full months of their being with young, and [if] thou hast relieved their pangs:
2Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
3and hast reared their young without fear; and wilt thou loosen their pangs?
3They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
4Their young will break forth; they will be multiplied with offspring: [their young] will go forth, and will not return to them.
4Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
5And who is he that sent forth the wild ass free? and who loosed his bands ?
5Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
6whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, and the salt land his coverts.
6Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
7He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, and hears not the chiding of the tax-gatherer.
7He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
8He will survey the mountains [as] his pasture, and he seeks after every green thing.
8The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
9And will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or to lie down at thy manger?
9Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
10And wilt thou bind his yoke with thongs, or will he plough furrows for thee in the plain?
10Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
11And dost thou trust him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou commit thy works to him?
11Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
12And wilt thou believe that he will return to thee thy seed, and bring [it] in [to] thy threshing-floor?
12Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
13The peacock has a beautiful wing: if the stork and the ostrich conceive, [it is worthy of notice],
13Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
14for [the ostrich] will leave her eggs in the ground, and warm them on the dust,
14Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
15and has forgotten that the foot will scatter them, and the wild beasts of the field trample them.
15And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
16She has hardened [herself] against her young ones, as though [she bereaved] not herself: she labours in vain without fear.
16She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
17For God has withholden wisdom from her , and not given her a portion in understanding.
17Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
18In her season she will lift herself on high; she will scorn the horse and his rider.
18What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
19Hast thou invested the horse with strength, and clothed his neck with terror?
19Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
20And hast thou clad him in perfect armour, and made his breast glorious with courage?
20Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
21He paws exulting in the plain, and goes forth in strength into the plain.
21He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
22He laughs to scorn a king as he meets him, and will by no means turn back from the sword.
22He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
23The bow and sword resound against him; and [his] rage will swallow up the ground:
23The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
24and he will not believe until the trumpet sounds.
24He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
25And when the trumpet sounds, he says, Aha! and afar off he smells the war with prancing and neighing.
25He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26And does the hawk remain steady by thy wisdom, having spread out her wings unmoved, looking toward the region of the south?
26Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
27And does the eagle rise at thy command, and the vulture remain sitting over his nest,
27Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
28on a crag of a rock, and in a secret [place]?
28She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
29Thence he seeks food, his eyes observe from far.
29From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
30And his young ones roll themselves in blood, and wherever the carcases may be, immediately they are found.
30Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
1And the Lord God answered Job, and said,
1Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said,
2Will [any one] pervert judgment with the Mighty One? and he that reproves God, let him return it for answer .
2Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
3And Job answered and said to the Lord,
3Then Job answered the Lord, and said,
4Why do I yet plead? being rebuked even while reproving the Lord: hearing such things, whereas I am nothing: and what shall I answer to these [arguments]? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
4Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
5I have spoken once; but I will not do so a second time.
5Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
6And the Lord yet again answered and spoke to Job out of the cloud, [saying],
6Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
7Nay, gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will ask thee, and do thou answer me.
7Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
8Do not set aside my judgment: and dost thou think that I have dealt with thee in any other way, than that thou mightest appear to be righteous?
8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
9Hast thou an arm like the Lord's? or dost thou thunder with a voice like his?
9Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
10Assume now a lofty bearing and power; and clothe thyself with glory and honour.
10Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
11And send forth messengers with wrath; and lay low every haughty one .
11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
12Bring down also the proud man; and consume at once the ungodly.
12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
13And hide them together in the earth; and fill their faces with shame.
13Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
14[Then] will I confess that thy right hand can save [thee].
14Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
15But now look at the wild beasts with thee; they eat grass like oxen.
15Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
16Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
16Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
17He sets up his tail like a cypress; and his nerves are wrapped together.
17He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
18His sides are sides of brass; and his backbone is [as] cast iron.
18His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
19This is the chief of the creation of the Lord; made to be played with by his angels.
19He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
20And when he has gone up to a steep mountain, he causes joy to the quadrupeds in the deep.
20Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
21He lies under trees of every kind, by the papyrus, and reed, and bulrush.
21He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
22And the great trees make a shadow over him with their branches, and [so do] the bushes of the field.
22The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
23If there should be a flood, he will not perceive it; he trusts that Jordan will rush up into his mouth.
23Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
24[Yet one] shall take him in his sight; [one] shall catch [him] with a cord, and pierce his nose .
24He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.