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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Job 39 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/39.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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40">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h5 class="sp">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> Continues</h5><h3 class="s1">When Do Mountain Goats Give Birth?</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_1"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.1" class="v18_39_1">1</span>When do mountain goats</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_1">and deer give birth?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_1">Have you been there</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_1">when their young are born?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_1">* </span><span class="v18_39_2"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.2" class="v18_39_2">2</span>How long are they pregnant</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_3"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.3" class="v18_39_3">3</span>before they deliver?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_4"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.4" class="v18_39_4">4</span>Soon their young grow strong</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_4">and then leave</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_4">to be on their own.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_5"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.5" class="v18_39_5">5</span>Who set wild donkeys free?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_6"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.6" class="v18_39_6">6</span>I alone help them survive</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_6">in salty desert sand.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_7"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.7" class="v18_39_7">7</span>They stay far from crowded cities</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_7">and refuse to be tamed.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_8"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.8" class="v18_39_8">8</span>Instead, they roam the hills,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_8">searching for pastureland.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_9"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.9" class="v18_39_9">9</span>Would a wild ox agree</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_9">to live in your barn</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_9">and labor for you?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_10"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.10" class="v18_39_10">10</span>Could you force him to plow</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_10">or to drag a heavy log</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_10">to smooth out the soil?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_11"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.11" class="v18_39_11">11</span>Can you depend on him</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_11">to use his great strength</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_11">and do your heavy work?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_12"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.12" class="v18_39_12">12</span>Can you trust him</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_12">to harvest your grain</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_12">or take it to your barn</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_12">from the threshing place?</span></p><h3 class="s1">An Ostrich Proudly Flaps Her Wings</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_13"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.13" class="v18_39_13">13</span>An ostrich proudly</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_13">flaps her wings,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_13">but not because</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_13">she loves her young.<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.39.13!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_14"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.14" class="v18_39_14">14</span>She abandons her eggs</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_14">and lets the dusty ground</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_14">keep them warm.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_15"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.15" class="v18_39_15">15</span>And she doesn't seem to worry</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_15">that the feet of an animal</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_15">could crush them all.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_16"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.16" class="v18_39_16">16</span>She treats her eggs as though</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_16">they were not her own,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_16">unconcerned that her work</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_16">might be for nothing.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_17"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.17" class="v18_39_17">17</span>I myself made her foolish</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_17">and without common sense.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_18"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.18" class="v18_39_18">18</span>But once she starts running,<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.39.18!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_18">she laughs at a rider</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_18">on the fastest horse.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Did You Give Horses Their Strength?</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_19"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.19" class="v18_39_19">19</span>Did you give horses their strength</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_19">and the flowing hair</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_19">along their necks?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_20"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.20" class="v18_39_20">20</span>Did you make them able</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_20">to jump like grasshoppers</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_20">or to frighten people</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_20">with their snorting?</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_21"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.21" class="v18_39_21">21</span>Before horses are ridden</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_21">into battle,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_21">they paw at the ground,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_21">proud of their strength.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_22"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.22" class="v18_39_22">22</span>Laughing at fear, they rush</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_22">toward the fighting,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_23"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.23" class="v18_39_23">23</span>while the weapons of their riders</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_23">rattle and flash in the sun.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_24"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.24" class="v18_39_24">24</span>Unable to stand still,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_24">they gallop eagerly into battle</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_24">when trumpets blast.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_25"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.25" class="v18_39_25">25</span>Stirred by the distant smells</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_25">and sounds of war, they snort</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_25">in reply to the trumpet.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_26"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.26" class="v18_39_26">26</span>Did you teach hawks to fly south</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_26">for the winter?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_26">* </span><span class="v18_39_27"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.27" class="v18_39_27">27</span>Did you train eagles<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.39.27!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> to build</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_28"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.28" class="v18_39_28">28</span>their nests on rocky cliffs,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_29"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.29" class="v18_39_29">29</span>where they can look down</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_29">to spot their next meal?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_39_30"><span class="reftext" id="Job.39.30" class="v18_39_30">30</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Job.39.30!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Then their young gather to feast</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_39_30">wherever the victim lies.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">39.13 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">young: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 13.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">39.18 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">starts running: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">39.27 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">eagles: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “vultures.”</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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