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World English Bible

Job 39 (WEBP)

[1] “Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?
[2] Can you count the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?
[3] They bow themselves. They bear their young. They end their labor pains.
[4] Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go out, and don’t return again.
[5] “Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,
[6] whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place?
[7] He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.
[8] The range of the mountains is his pasture. He searches after every green thing.
[9] “Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?
[10] Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?
[11] Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?
[12] Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor?
[13] “The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the feathers and plumage of love?
[14] For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust,
[15] and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them.
[16] She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,
[17] because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.
[18] When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.
[19] “Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?
[20] Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.
[21] He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men.
[22] He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword.
[23] The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin.
[24] He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
[25] As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
[26] “Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?
[27] Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?
[28] On the cliff he dwells and makes his home, on the point of the cliff and the stronghold.
[29] From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.
[30] His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Job 39 (KJVS)

[1] 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 39:6 Heb. salt places
Job 39:7 Heb. of the exactor
Job 39:13 Or, the feathers of the Stork and Ostrich
Job 39:20 Heb. terror
Job 39:21a Or, His feet dig
Job 39:21b Heb. the armour

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Job 39 (BYZ)

[1] Εἰ () ἔγνως () καιρὸν () τοκετοῦ τραγελάφων πέτρας, () ἐφύλαξας () δὲ () ὠδῖνας () ἐλάφων;
[2] Ἠρίθμησας () δὲ () αὐτῶν () μῆνας () πλήρεις () τοκετοῦ, ὠδῖνας () δὲ () αὐτῶν () ἔλυσας; ()
[3] Ἐξέθρεψας () δὲ () αὐτῶν () τὰ () παιδία () ἔξω () φόβου; () Ὠδῖνας () αὐτῶν () ἐξαποστελεῖς; ()
[4] Ἀπορρήξουσιν τὰ () τέκνα () αὐτῶν, () πληθυνθήσονται () ἐν () γενήματι, () ἐξελεύσονται () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () ἀνακάμψουσιν () αὐτοῖς. ()
[5] Τίς () δέ () ἐστιν () ὁ () ἀφεὶς () ὄνον () ἄγριον () ἐλεύθερον, () δεσμοὺς () δὲ () αὐτοῦ () τίς () ἔλυσεν; ()
[6] Ἐθέμην () δὲ () τὴν () δίαιταν αὐτοῦ () ἔρημον () καὶ () τὰ () σκηνώματα () αὐτοῦ () ἁλμυρίδα·
[7] καταγελῶν () πολυοχλίας πόλεως, () μέμψιν δὲ () φορολόγου οὐκ () ἀκούων ()
[8] κατασκέψεται ὄρη () νομὴν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ὀπίσω () παντὸς () χλωροῦ () ζητεῖ. ()
[9] Βουλήσεται () δέ () σοι () μονόκερως δουλεῦσαι () ἢ () κοιμηθῆναι () ἐπὶ () φάτνης () σου; ()
[10] Δήσεις () δὲ () ἐν () ἱμᾶσι () ζυγὸν () αὐτοῦ, () ἢ () ἑλκύσει () σου () αὔλακας ἐν () πεδίῳ;
[11] Πέποιθας () δὲ () ἐπ’ () αὐτῷ, () ὅτι () πολλὴ () ἡ () ἰσχὺς () αὐτοῦ, () ἐπαφήσεις δὲ () αὐτῷ () τὰ () ἔργα () σου; ()
[12] Πιστεύσεις () δὲ () ὅτι () ἀποδώσει () σοι () τὸν () σπόρον, () εἰσοίσει () δέ () σου () τὸν () ἅλωνα; ()
[13] Πτέρυξ () τερπομένων νεελασα, ἐὰν () συλλάβῃ () ασιδα καὶ () νεσσα·
[14] ὅτι () ἀφήσει () εἰς () γῆν () τὰ () ᾠὰ () αὐτῆς () καὶ () ἐπὶ () χοῦν () θάλψει ()
[15] καὶ () ἐπελάθετο () ὅτι () ποὺς () σκορπιεῖ () καὶ () θηρία () ἀγροῦ () καταπατήσει· ()
[16] ἀπεσκλήρυνεν τὰ () τέκνα () αὐτῆς () ὥστε () μὴ () ἑαυτῇ, () εἰς () κενὸν () ἐκοπίασεν () ἄνευ () φόβου· ()
[17] ὅτι () κατεσιώπησεν αὐτῇ () ὁ () θεὸς () σοφίαν () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐμέρισεν () αὐτῇ () ἐν () τῇ () συνέσει. ()
[18] Κατὰ () καιρὸν () ἐν () ὕψει () ὑψώσει, () καταγελάσεται () ἵππου () καὶ () τοῦ () ἐπιβάτου αὐτοῦ. ()
[19] Ἦ () σὺ () περιέθηκας () ἵππῳ () δύναμιν, () ἐνέδυσας () δὲ () τραχήλῳ () αὐτοῦ () φόβον; ()
[20] Περιέθηκας () δὲ () αὐτῷ () πανοπλίαν, () δόξαν () δὲ () στηθέων () αὐτοῦ () τόλμῃ;
[21] Ἀνορύσσων ἐν () πεδίῳ γαυριᾷ, ἐκπορεύεται () δὲ () εἰς () πεδίον ἐν () ἰσχύι· ()
[22] συναντῶν () βέλει () καταγελᾷ () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () ἀποστραφῇ () ἀπὸ () σιδήρου· ()
[23] ἐπ’ () αὐτῷ () γαυριᾷ τόξον () καὶ () μάχαιρα, ()
[24] καὶ () ὀργῇ () ἀφανιεῖ () τὴν () γῆν () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () πιστεύσῃ, () ἕως () ἂν () σημάνῃ () σάλπιγξ· ()
[25] σάλπιγγος () δὲ () σημαινούσης () λέγει () Εὖγε, πόρρωθεν () δὲ () ὀσφραίνεται πολέμου () σὺν () ἅλματι καὶ () κραυγῇ. ()
[26] Ἐκ () δὲ () τῆς () σῆς () ἐπιστήμης ἕστηκεν () ἱέραξ ἀναπετάσας τὰς () πτέρυγας () ἀκίνητος καθορῶν () τὰ () πρὸς () νότον; ()
[27] Ἐπὶ () δὲ () σῷ () προστάγματι ὑψοῦται () ἀετός, () γὺψ δὲ () ἐπὶ () νοσσιᾶς () αὐτοῦ () καθεσθεὶς () αὐλίζεται ()
[28] ἐπ’ () ἐξοχῇ () πέτρας () καὶ () ἀποκρύφῳ; ()
[29] Ἐκεῖσε () ὢν () ζητεῖ () τὰ () σῖτα, () πόρρωθεν () οἱ () ὀφθαλμοὶ () αὐτοῦ () σκοπεύουσιν·
[30] νεοσσοὶ () δὲ () αὐτοῦ () φύρονται ἐν () αἵματι, () οὗ () δ’ () ἂν () ὦσι () τεθνεῶτες, () παραχρῆμα () εὑρίσκονται. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.