# Job 39 ## Job 39:1 - [KJV] Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? *or* canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? - [ASV] Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? *Or* canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? - [YLT] Hast thou known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? The bringing forth of hinds thou dost mark! ### Notes on Job 39:1 - ## Job 39:2 - [KJV] Canst thou number the months *that* they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? - [ASV] Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? - [YLT] Thou dost number the months they fulfil? And thou hast known the time of their bringing forth! ### Notes on Job 39:2 - ## Job 39:3 - [KJV] They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. - [ASV] They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They cast out their pains. - [YLT] They bow down, Their young ones they bring forth safely, Their pangs they cast forth. ### Notes on Job 39:3 - ## Job 39:4 - [KJV] Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them. - [ASV] Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; They go forth, and return not again. - [YLT] Safe are their young ones, They grow up in the field, they have gone out, And have not returned to them. ### Notes on Job 39:4 - ## Job 39:5 - [KJV] Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? - [ASV] Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass, - [YLT] Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened? ### Notes on Job 39:5 - ## Job 39:6 - [KJV] Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. - [ASV] Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place? - [YLT] Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land, ### Notes on Job 39:6 - ## Job 39:7 - [KJV] He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. - [ASV] He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver. - [YLT] He doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not. ### Notes on Job 39:7 - ## Job 39:8 - [KJV] The range of the mountains *is* his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. - [ASV] The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing. - [YLT] The range of mountains *is* his pasture, And after every green thing he seeketh. ### Notes on Job 39:8 - ## Job 39:9 - [KJV] Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? - [ASV] Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib? - [YLT] Is a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib? ### Notes on Job 39:9 - ## Job 39:10 - [KJV] Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? - [ASV] Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee? - [YLT] Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow *with* his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee? ### Notes on Job 39:10 - ## Job 39:11 - [KJV] Wilt thou trust him, because his strength *is* great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? - [ASV] Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor? - [YLT] Dost thou trust in him because great *is* his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour? ### Notes on Job 39:11 - ## Job 39:12 - [KJV] Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather *it into* thy barn? - [ASV] Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gather *the grain* of thy threshing-floor? - [YLT] Dost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And *to* thy threshing-floor doth gather *it*? ### Notes on Job 39:12 - ## Job 39:13 - [KJV] *Gavest thou* the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? - [ASV] The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; *But* are they the pinions and plumage of love? - [YLT] The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk. ### Notes on Job 39:13 - ## Job 39:14 - [KJV] Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, - [ASV] For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, - [YLT] For she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them, ### Notes on Job 39:14 - ## Job 39:15 - [KJV] And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. - [ASV] And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them. - [YLT] And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down. ### Notes on Job 39:15 - ## Job 39:16 - [KJV] She is hardened against her young ones, as though *they were* not hers: her labour is in vain without fear; - [ASV] She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain, *she is* without fear; - [YLT] Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain *is* her labour without fear. ### Notes on Job 39:16 - ## Job 39:17 - [KJV] Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding. - [ASV] Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding. - [YLT] For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her in understanding: ### Notes on Job 39:17 - ## Job 39:18 - [KJV] What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider. - [ASV] What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider. - [YLT] At the time on high she lifteth herself up, She laugheth at the horse and at his rider. ### Notes on Job 39:18 - ## Job 39:19 - [KJV] Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? - [ASV] Hast thou given the horse *his* might? Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane? - [YLT] Dost thou give to the horse might? Dost thou clothe his neck *with* a mane? ### Notes on Job 39:19 - ## Job 39:20 - [KJV] Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils *is* terrible. - [ASV] Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible. - [YLT] Dost thou cause him to rush as a locust? The majesty of his snorting *is* terrible. ### Notes on Job 39:20 - ## Job 39:21 - [KJV] He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in *his* strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. - [ASV] He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth out to meet the armed men. - [YLT] They dig in a valley, and he rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour. ### Notes on Job 39:21 - ## Job 39:22 - [KJV] He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. - [ASV] He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither turneth he back from the sword. - [YLT] He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted, And he turneth not back from the face of the sword. ### Notes on Job 39:22 - ## Job 39:23 - [KJV] The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. - [ASV] The quiver rattleth against him, The flashing spear and the javelin. - [YLT] Against him rattle doth quiver, The flame of a spear, and a halbert. ### Notes on Job 39:23 - ## Job 39:24 - [KJV] He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that *it is* the sound of the trumpet. - [ASV] He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet. - [YLT] With trembling and rage he swalloweth the ground, And remaineth not stedfast Because of the sound of a trumpet. ### Notes on Job 39:24 - ## Job 39:25 - [KJV] He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. - [ASV] As oft as the trumpet *soundeth* he saith, Aha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting. - [YLT] Among the trumpets he saith, Aha, And from afar he doth smell battle, Roaring of princes and shouting. ### Notes on Job 39:25 - ## Job 39:26 - [KJV] Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, *and* stretch her wings toward the south? - [ASV] Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, (And) stretcheth her wings toward the south? - [YLT] By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south? ### Notes on Job 39:26 - ## Job 39:27 - [KJV] Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? - [ASV] Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high? - [YLT] At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest? ### Notes on Job 39:27 - ## Job 39:28 - [KJV] She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. - [ASV] On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold. - [YLT] A rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and fortress. ### Notes on Job 39:28 - ## Job 39:29 - [KJV] From thence she seeketh the prey, *and* her eyes behold afar off. - [ASV] From thence she spieth out the prey; Her eyes behold it afar off. - [YLT] From thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively, ### Notes on Job 39:29 - ## Job 39:30 - [KJV] Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain *are*, there *is* she. - [ASV] Her young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she. - [YLT] And his brood gulp up blood, And where the pierced *are* -- there *is* he! ### Notes on Job 39:30 -