Job 39
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1“Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?
1[Numquid nosti tempus partus ibicum in petris, vel parturientes cervas observasti?
2Can you count the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?
2Dinumerasti menses conceptus earum, et scisti tempus partus earum?
3They bow themselves. They bear their young. They end their labor pains.
3Incurvantur ad fœtum, et pariunt, et rugitus emittunt.
4Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go out, and don’t return again.
4Separantur filii earum, et pergunt ad pastum: egrediuntur, et non revertuntur ad eas.
5“Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,
5Quis dimisit onagrum liberum, et vincula ejus quis solvit?
6whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place?
6cui dedi in solitudine domum, et tabernacula ejus in terra salsuginis.
7He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.
7Contemnit multitudinem civitatis: clamorem exactoris non audit.
8The range of the mountains is his pasture. He searches after every green thing.
8Circumspicit montes pascuæ suæ, et virentia quæque perquirit.
9“Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?
9Numquid volet rhinoceros servire tibi, aut morabitur ad præsepe tuum?
10Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?
10Numquid alligabis rhinocerota ad arandum loro tuo, aut confringet glebas vallium post te?
11Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?
11Numquid fiduciam habebis in magna fortitudine ejus, et derelinques ei labores tuos?
12Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor?
12Numquid credes illi quod sementem reddat tibi, et aream tuam congreget?
13“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the feathers and plumage of love?
13Penna struthionis similis est pennis herodii et accipitris.
14For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust,
14Quando derelinquit ova sua in terra, tu forsitan in pulvere calefacies ea?
15and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them.
15Obliviscitur quod pes conculcet ea, aut bestia agri conterat.
16She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,
16Duratur ad filios suos, quasi non sint sui: frustra laboravit, nullo timore cogente.
17because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.
17Privavit enim eam Deus sapientia, nec dedit illi intelligentiam.
18When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.
18Cum tempus fuerit, in altum alas erigit: deridet equum et ascensorem ejus.
19“Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?
19Numquid præbebis equo fortitudinem, aut circumdabis collo ejus hinnitum?
20Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.
20Numquid suscitabis eum quasi locustas? gloria narium ejus terror.
21He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men.
21Terram ungula fodit; exultat audacter: in occursum pergit armatis.
22He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword.
22Contemnit pavorem, nec cedit gladio.
23The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin.
23Super ipsum sonabit pharetra; vibrabit hasta et clypeus:
24He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
24fervens et fremens sorbet terram, nec reputat tubæ sonare clangorem.
25As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
25Ubi audierit buccinam, dicit: Vah ! procul odoratur bellum: exhortationem ducum, et ululatum exercitus.
26“Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?
26Numquid per sapientiam tuam plumescit accipiter, expandens alas suas ad austrum?
27Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?
27Numquid ad præceptum tuum elevabitur aquila, et in arduis ponet nidum suum?
28On the cliff he dwells and makes his home, on the point of the cliff and the stronghold.
28In petris manet, et in præruptis silicibus commoratur, atque inaccessis rupibus.
29From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.
29Inde contemplatur escam, et de longe oculi ejus prospiciunt.
30His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is.”
30Pulli ejus lambent sanguinem: et ubicumque cadaver fuerit, statim adest.]
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31Et adjecit Dominus, et locutus est ad Job:
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32[Numquid qui contendit cum Deo, tam facile conquiescit? utique qui arguit Deum, debet respondere ei.]
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33Respondens autem Job Domino, dixit:
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34[Qui leviter locutus sum, respondere quid possum? manum meam ponam super os meum.
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35Unum locutus sum, quod utinam non dixissem: et alterum, quibus ultra non addam.]
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