Job 39 JPS Tanakh (1917)
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
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- Numbers like (22-2) in the text give the Hebrew verse numbering where it differs.
1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
1 ¿CAZARÁS tú la presa para el león? ¿y saciarás el hambre de los leoncillos,
1 “Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?
2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
2 Cuando están echados en las cuevas, ó se están en sus guaridas para acechar?
2 Can you count the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?
3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, they cast out their fruit.
3 ¿Quién preparó al cuervo su alimento, cuando sus pollos claman á Dios, bullendo de un lado á otro por carecer de comida?
3 They bow themselves. They bear their young. They end their labor pains.
4 Their young ones wax strong, they grow up in the open field; they go forth, and return not again.
4 ¿Sabes tú el tiempo en que paren las cabras monteses? ¿ó miraste tú las ciervas cuando están pariendo?
4 Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go out, and don’t return again.
5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
5 ¿Contaste tú los meses de su preñez, y sabes el tiempo cuando han de parir?
5 “Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,
6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling-place.
6 Encórvanse, hacen salir sus hijos, pasan sus dolores.
6 whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place?
7 He scorneth the tumult of the city, neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.
7 Sus hijos están sanos, crecen con el pasto: salen y no vuelven á ellas.
7 He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.
8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
8 ¿Quién echó libre al asno montés, y quién soltó sus ataduras?
8 The range of the mountains is his pasture. He searches after every green thing.
9 Will the wild-ox be willing to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?
9 Al cual yo puse casa en la soledad, y sus moradas en lugares estériles.
9 “Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?
10 Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
10 Búrlase de la multitud de la ciudad: no oye las voces del arriero.
10 Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?
11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
11 Lo oculto de los montes es su pasto, y anda buscando todo lo que está verde.
11 Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?
12 Wilt thou rely on him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather the corn of thy threshing-floor?
12 ¿Querrá el unicornio servirte á ti, ni quedar á tu pesebre?
12 Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor?
13 The wing of the ostrich beateth joyously; but are her pinions and feathers the kindly stork's?
13 ¿Atarás tú al unicornio con su coyunda para el surco? ¿labrará los valles en pos de ti?
13 “The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the feathers and plumage of love?
14 For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
14 ¿Confiarás tú en él, por ser grande su fortaleza, y le fiarás tu labor?
14 For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust,
15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may trample them.
15 ¿Fiarás de él que te tornará tu simiente, y que [la] allegará en tu era?
15 and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them.
16 She is hardened against her young ones, as if they were not hers; though her labour be in vain, she is without fear;
16 ¿[Diste tú] hermosas alas al pavo real, ó alas y plumas al avestruz?
16 She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,
17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath He imparted to her understanding.
17 El cual desampara en la tierra sus huevos, y sobre el polvo los calienta,
17 because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.
18 When the time cometh, she raiseth her wings on high, and scorneth the horse and his rider.
18 Y olvídase de que los pisará el pie, y que los quebrará bestia del campo.
18 When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.
19 Hast thou given the horse his strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with fierceness?
19 Endurécese para con sus hijos, como si no fuesen suyos, no temiendo que su trabajo haya sido en vano:
19 “Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?
20 Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible.
20 Porque le privó Dios de sabiduría, y no le dió inteligencia.
20 Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.
21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength; he goeth out to meet the clash of arms.
21 Luego que se levanta en alto, búrlase del caballo y de su jinete.
21 He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men.
22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
22 ¿Diste tú al caballo la fortaleza? ¿vestiste tú su cerviz de relincho?
22 He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword.
23 The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.
23 ¿Le intimidarás tú como á alguna langosta? El resoplido de su nariz es formidable:
23 The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin.
24 He swalloweth the ground with storm and rage; neither believeth he that it is the voice of the horn.
24 Escarba la tierra, alégrase en su fuerza, sale al encuentro de las armas:
24 He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
25 As oft as he heareth the horn he saith: 'Ha, ha!' and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
25 Hace burla del espanto, y no teme, ni vuelve el rostro delante de la espada.
25 As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26 Doth the hawk soar by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
26 Contra él suena la aljaba, el hierro de la lanza y de la pica:
26 “Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?
27 Doth the vulture mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
27 Y él con ímpetu y furor escarba la tierra, sin importarle el sonido de la bocina;
27 Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?
28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the stronghold.
28 [Antes como] que dice entre los clarines: ¡Ea!, y desde lejos huele la batalla, el grito de los capitanes, y la vocería.
28 On the cliff he dwells and makes his home, on the point of the cliff and the stronghold.
29 From thence she spieth out the prey; her eyes behold it afar off.
29 ¿Vuela el gavilán por tu industria, y extiende hacia el mediodía sus alas?
29 From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.
30 Her young ones also suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is she.
30 ¿Se remonta el águila por tu mandamiento, y pone en alto su nido? Ella habita y está en la piedra, en la cumbre del peñasco y de la roca. Desde allí acecha la comida: sus ojos observan de muy lejos. Sus pollos chupan la sangre: y donde hubiere cadáveres, allí está. A más de eso respondió Jehová á Job, y dijo: ¿Es sabiduría contender con el Omnipotente? El que disputa con Dios, responda á esto. Y respondió Job á Jehová, y dijo: He aquí que yo soy vil, ¿qué te responderé? Mi mano pongo sobre mi boca. Una vez hablé, y no responderé: aun dos veces, mas no tornaré á hablar.
30 His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is.”
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 29:9; Psalm 104:18; 1 Samuel 24:2; Deuteronomy 14:5; Jeremiah 14:5
- 2 Jeremiah 2:24
- 5 Job 24:5; Job 11:12; Job 6:5; Psalm 104:11; Daniel 5:21
- 6 Psalm 107:34; Deuteronomy 29:23; Jeremiah 2:24; Job 24:5; Jeremiah 17:6
- 7 Exodus 5:18; Job 3:18; Isaiah 58:3; Exodus 5:13–16; Job 39:18
- 8 Psalm 104:27–28; Psalm 145:15–16; Job 40:20–22; Job 40:15; Genesis 1:29–30
- 9 Numbers 23:22; Psalm 92:10; Deuteronomy 33:17; Psalm 22:21; Isaiah 1:3
- 10 Psalm 129:3; Job 39:5; Job 39:7; Micah 1:13; Hosea 10:10–11
- 11 Isaiah 30:6; Isaiah 31:1–3; Psalm 20:7; Proverbs 14:4; Genesis 1:28
- 12 Haggai 2:19; Amos 2:13; Matthew 3:2; Nehemiah 13:15; Proverbs 3:16
- 13 Jeremiah 8:7; Zechariah 5:9; 2 Chronicles 9:21; Psalm 104:17; Leviticus 11:19
- 16 Lamentations 4:3; Ecclesiastes 10:15; Romans 1:31; Deuteronomy 28:56–57; 2 Kings 6:28–29
- 17 Job 35:11; James 1:17; Isaiah 57:17; 2 Chronicles 32:31; Deuteronomy 2:30
- 18 2 Kings 19:21; Job 5:22; Job 41:29; Job 39:22; Job 39:7
- 19 Psalm 147:10; Psalm 93:1; Psalm 104:1; Job 39:25; Exodus 15:1
- 20 Jeremiah 8:16; Joel 2:5; Job 41:20–21
- 21 Jeremiah 8:6; 1 Samuel 17:4–10; Judges 5:22; Psalm 19:5; 1 Samuel 17:42
- 22 Job 41:33; Job 39:18; Job 39:16
- 23 Job 41:26–29
- 24 Jeremiah 4:19; Job 9:16; Job 37:20; Amos 3:6; Job 29:24
- 25 Ezekiel 36:2; Ezekiel 26:2; Psalm 70:3
- 26 Song of Songs 2:12; Leviticus 16:11; Deuteronomy 14:15; Jeremiah 8:7
- 27 Jeremiah 49:16; Obadiah 4; Exodus 19:4; Isaiah 40:31; Hosea 8:1
- 28 1 Samuel 14:4
- 29 Job 9:26
- 30 Matthew 24:28; Luke 17:37; Ezekiel 39:17–19
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