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Job 39 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:1 - “Do you know the time when the wild mountain goats bear young?
Or can you mark when the deer gives birth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:2 - Can you number the months that they fulfill?
Or do you know the time when they bear young?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:3 - They bow down,
They bring forth their young,
They deliver their offspring.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:4 - Their young ones are healthy,
They grow strong with grain;
They depart and do not return to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:5 - “Who set the wild donkey free?
Who loosed the bonds of the onager,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:6 - Whose home I have made the wilderness,
And the barren land his dwelling?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:7 - He scorns the tumult of the city;
He does not heed the shouts of the driver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:8 - The range of the mountains is his pasture,
And he searches after every green thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:9 - “Will the wild ox be willing to serve you?
Will he bed by your manger?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:10 - Can you bind the wild ox in the furrow with ropes?
Or will he plow the valleys behind you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:11 - Will you trust him because his strength is great?
Or will you leave your labor to him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:12 - Will you trust him to bring home your grain,
And gather it to your threshing floor?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:13 - “The wings of the ostrich wave proudly,
But are her wings and pinions like the kindly stork’s?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:14 - For she leaves her eggs on the ground,
And warms them in the dust;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:15 - She forgets that a foot may crush them,
Or that a wild beast may break them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:16 - She treats her young harshly, as though they were not hers;
Her labor is in vain, without concern,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:17 - Because God deprived her of wisdom,
And did not endow her with understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:18 - When she lifts herself on high,
She scorns the horse and its rider.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:19 - “Have you given the horse strength?
Have you clothed his neck with thunder?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:20 - Can you frighten him like a locust?
His majestic snorting strikes terror.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:21 - He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength;
He gallops into the clash of arms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:22 - He mocks at fear, and is not frightened;
Nor does he turn back from the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:23 - The quiver rattles against him,
The glittering spear and javelin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:24 - He devours the distance with fierceness and rage;
Nor does he come to a halt because the trumpet has sounded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:25 - At the blast of the trumpet he says, ‘Aha!’
He smells the battle from afar,
The thunder of captains and shouting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:26 - “Does the hawk fly by your wisdom,
And spread its wings toward the south?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:27 - Does the eagle mount up at your command,
And make its nest on high?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:28 - On the rock it dwells and resides,
On the crag of the rock and the stronghold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:29 - From there it spies out the prey;
Its eyes observe from afar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:30 - Its young ones suck up blood;
And where the slain are, there it is.”
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
Literally pangs, figurative of offspring
Or a mane
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New King James Version, © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

The text of the New King James Version (NKJV) appearing on or deriving from this or any other web page is for personal use only. Any other use of the NKJV must be in conformity with the Quotation Policy for the New King James Version. For more information about the New King James Version, the Quotation Policy, and for inquiries about permission to use the New King James Version, go to Thomas Nelson, Inc..

For more information on this translation, see the NKJV Preface.

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Job Chapter 39 — Additional Translations:

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