Job 39 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

God Speaks of Nature and Its Beings

Job 39:1

Job 39:1“Do you know the time the [fn]mountain goats give birth?
Do you observe the calving of the deer?

Job 39:2

Job 39:2“Can you count the months they fulfill,
Or do you know the time they give birth?

Job 39:3

Job 39:3“They kneel down, they bring forth their young,
They get rid of their labor pains.

Job 39:4

Job 39:4“Their offspring become strong, they grow up in the open field;
They leave and do not return to them.

Job 39:5

Job 39:5“Who sent out the wild donkey free?
And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,

Job 39:6

Job 39:6To whom I gave the wilderness for a home
And the salt land for his dwelling place?

Job 39:7

Job 39:7“He scorns the tumult of the city,
The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.

Job 39:8

Job 39:8“He explores the mountains for his pasture
And searches after every green thing.

Job 39:9

Job 39:9“Will the wild ox consent to serve you,
Or will he spend the night at your manger?

Job 39:10

Job 39:10“Can you bind the wild ox in a furrow with [fn]ropes,
Or will he harrow the valleys after you?

Job 39:11

Job 39:11“Will you trust him because his strength is great
And leave your labor to him?

Job 39:12

Job 39:12“Will you have faith in him that he will return your [fn]grain
And gather it from your threshing floor?

Job 39:13

Job 39:13“The ostriches’ wings flap joyously
With the pinion and plumage of [fn]love,

Job 39:14

Job 39:14For she abandons her eggs to the earth
And warms them in the dust,

Job 39:15

Job 39:15And she forgets that a foot may crush [fn]them,
Or that a wild beast may trample [fn]them.

Job 39:16

Job 39:16“She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers;
Though her labor be in vain, she is [fn]unconcerned;

Job 39:17

Job 39:17Because God has made her forget wisdom,
And has not given her a share of understanding.

Job 39:18

Job 39:18“When she lifts herself [fn]on high,
She laughs at the horse and his rider.

Job 39:19

Job 39:19“Do you give the horse his might?
Do you clothe his neck with a mane?

Job 39:20

Job 39:20“Do you make him leap like the locust?
His majestic snorting is terrible.

Job 39:21

Job 39:21“[fn]He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength;
He goes out to meet the weapons.

Job 39:22

Job 39:22“He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;
And he does not turn back from the sword.

Job 39:23

Job 39:23“The quiver rattles against him,
The flashing spear and javelin.

Job 39:24

Job 39:24“With shaking and rage he [fn]races over the ground,
And he does not stand still at the voice of the trumpet.

Job 39:25

Job 39:25“As often as the trumpet sounds he says, ‘Aha!’
And he scents the battle from afar,
And the thunder of the captains and the war cry.

Job 39:26

Job 39:26“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars,
Stretching his wings toward the south?

Job 39:27

Job 39:27“Is it at your [fn]command that the eagle mounts up
And makes his nest on high?

Job 39:28

Job 39:28“On the cliff he dwells and lodges,
Upon the rocky crag, an inaccessible place.

Job 39:29

Job 39:29“From there he spies out food;
His eyes see it from afar.

Job 39:30

Job 39:30“His young ones also suck up blood;
And where the slain are, there is he.”

See the NASB95 Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).

NASB95 Footnotes

(39:1)

Literally: goats of the rock

(39:10)

Literally: his rope

Literally: seed

Or, a stork

Literally: it

Literally: without fear

(39:18)

Or, to flee

(39:21)

Literally: They paw

(39:24)

Or, swallows up

(39:27)

Literally: mouth

New American Standard Bible 1995
Copyright (c) 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995
by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif.
All rights reserved
https://www.lockman.org/new-american-standard-bible-nasb/

The "NASB," "NAS," "New American Standard Bible," and "New American Standard" trademarks are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by The Lockman Foundation. Use of these trademarks requires the permission of The Lockman Foundation.

For Permission To Quote visit http://www.lockman.org

For more information on this translation, see the NASB95 Preface.

Job Chapter 39 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras

Job 39 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

God Speaks of Nature and Its Beings

NASB95 Footnotes

Job Chapter 39 — Additional Translations:

Did You Know BLB Is User Supported?