5
Who set the wild donkey free?
Who released the swift donkey from its harness?
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7
8 Who released the swift donkey from its harness?
It roams the mountains for its pastureland,
searching for anything green.
9 searching for anything green.
Would the wild ox be willing to serve you?
Would it spend the night by your feeding trough?
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11 Would it spend the night by your feeding trough?
Can you depend on it because its strength is great?
Would you leave it to do your hard work?
12 Would you leave it to do your hard work?
Can you trust the wild ox to harvest your grain
and bring it to your threshing floor?
and bring it to your threshing floor?
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14
She abandons her eggs on the ground
and lets them be warmed in the sand.
15 and lets them be warmed in the sand.
She forgets that a foot may crush them
or that some wild animal may trample them.
16 or that some wild animal may trample them.
She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own,
with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.
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18 with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.
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20
Do you make him leap like a locust?
His proud snorting fills one with terror.
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22 His proud snorting fills one with terror.
He laughs at fear, since he is afraid of nothing;
he does not run from the sword.
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24
25 he does not run from the sword.
When the trumpet blasts, he snorts defiantly.(k)
He smells the battle from a distance;
he hears the officers’ shouts and the battle cry.
He smells the battle from a distance;
he hears the officers’ shouts and the battle cry.
Footnotes:
a.
Job 39:2: Lit months they fulfill
b.
Job 39:3: Or they send away their labor pains
c.
Job 39:4: Lit return to them
d.
Job 39:13: Hb obscure
e.
Job 39:18: Hb obscure
f.
Job 39:19: Hb obscure
g.
Job 39:21: LXX, Syr; MT reads digs
h.
Job 39:21: Lit He goes out to meet the weapon
i.
Job 39:23: Or scimitar
j.
Job 39:24: Lit He swallows the ground
k.
Job 39:25: Lit he says, “Aha!”