Job 39
- 1Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock give birth? Or can you mark when the does calve?
- 2Can you number the months that they fulfil? Or do you know the time when they give birth?
- 3They bow themselves, they give birth to their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
- 4Their young ones are healthy, they grow up with grain. They go out, and do not return to them.
- 5Who has sent out the wild donkey free? Or who has untied the bands of the wild donkey?
- 6Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his homes.
- 7He scorns the great number of the city, neither regards he the crying of the driver.
- 8The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.
- 9Will the wild ox be willing to serve you, or stay by your crib?
- 10Can you bind the wild ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after you?
- 11Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave your labor to him?
- 12Will you believe him, that he will bring home your grain, and gather it into your barn?
- 13Did you give the fine wings to the peacocks? Or wings and feathers to the ostrich?
- 14Which leaves her eggs in the earth, and warms them in dust,
- 15And forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
- 16She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers. Her labor is in vain without fear.
- 17Because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.
- 18What time she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.
- 19Have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck with thunder?
- 20Can you make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is fearsome.
- 21He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength: he goes on to meet the armed men.
- 22He mocks at fear, and is not frightened, neither turns he back from the sword.
- 23The quiver rattles against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
- 24He swallows the ground with fierceness and rage, neither believes he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
- 25He says among the trumpets, Ha, ha, and he smells the battle far away, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
- 26Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
- 27Does the eagle mount up at your command, and make her nest on high?
- 28She lives and stays on the rock, on the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
- 29From there she seeks the prey, and her eyes see far away.
- 30Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the killed are, there she is.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Job 39 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVKnowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
GIGAKJVDo you know the time when the wild goats of the rock give birth? Or can you mark when the does calve?
KJVCanst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
GIGAKJVCan you number the months that they fulfil? Or do you know the time when they give birth?
KJVThey bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
GIGAKJVThey bow themselves, they give birth to their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
KJVTheir young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
GIGAKJVTheir young ones are healthy, they grow up with grain. They go out, and do not return to them.
KJVWho hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
GIGAKJVWho has sent out the wild donkey free? Or who has untied the bands of the wild donkey?
KJVWhose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
GIGAKJVWhose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his homes.
KJVHe scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
GIGAKJVHe scorns the great number of the city, neither regards he the crying of the driver.
KJVThe range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
GIGAKJVThe range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.
KJVWill the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
GIGAKJVWill the wild ox be willing to serve you, or stay by your crib?
KJVCanst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
GIGAKJVCan you bind the wild ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after you?
KJVWilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
GIGAKJVWill you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave your labor to him?
KJVWilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
GIGAKJVWill you believe him, that he will bring home your grain, and gather it into your barn?
KJVGavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
GIGAKJVDid you give the fine wings to the peacocks? Or wings and feathers to the ostrich?
KJVWhich leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
GIGAKJVWhich leaves her eggs in the earth, and warms them in dust,
KJVAnd forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
GIGAKJVAnd forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
KJVShe is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: her labour is in vain without fear;
GIGAKJVShe is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers. Her labor is in vain without fear.
KJVBecause God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
GIGAKJVBecause God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.
KJVWhat time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
GIGAKJVWhat time she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.
KJVHast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
GIGAKJVHave you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck with thunder?
KJVCanst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
GIGAKJVCan you make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is fearsome.
KJVHe paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
GIGAKJVHe paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength: he goes on to meet the armed men.
KJVHe mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
GIGAKJVHe mocks at fear, and is not frightened, neither turns he back from the sword.
KJVThe quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
GIGAKJVThe quiver rattles against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
KJVHe swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
GIGAKJVHe swallows the ground with fierceness and rage, neither believes he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
KJVHe saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
GIGAKJVHe says among the trumpets, Ha, ha, and he smells the battle far away, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
KJVDoth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
GIGAKJVDoes the hawk fly by your wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
KJVDoth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
GIGAKJVDoes the eagle mount up at your command, and make her nest on high?
KJVShe dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
GIGAKJVShe lives and stays on the rock, on the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
KJVFrom thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
GIGAKJVFrom there she seeks the prey, and her eyes see far away.
KJVHer young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
GIGAKJVHer young ones also suck up blood: and where the killed are, there she is.
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