Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
New International Version NIV
1 Knowest thou the time when the mountain goats bring forth? Hast thou observed when the hinds calve?
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“Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?
2 Canst thou number the months <em>that</em> they fulfil, and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
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Do you count the months till they bear? Do you know the time they give birth?
3 <em>How</em> they crouch down, they bring forth their young ones, and dismiss their pain.
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They crouch down and bring forth their young; their labor pains are ended.
4 Their young ones are healthy, they grow up with grain; they go forth and never return unto them again.
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Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds; they leave and do not return.
5 Who freed the wild ass, and who loosed its bands?
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“Who let the wild donkey go free? Who untied its ropes?
6 Unto whom I made a house in the wilderness, and his dwellings in the salty land.
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I gave it the wasteland as its home, the salt flats as its habitat.
7 He laughs at the multitude of the city, neither does he hearken to the voice of the exactor <em>of tribute</em>.
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It laughs at the commotion in the town; it does not hear a driver’s shout.
8 The range of the mountains <em>is</em> his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.
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It ranges the hills for its pasture and searches for any green thing.
9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee or abide by thy crib?
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“Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will it stay by your manger at night?
10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? Will he harrow the valleys after thee?
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Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness? Will it till the valleys behind you?
11 Wilt thou trust him because his strength <em>is</em> great? Or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
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Will you rely on it for its great strength? Will you leave your heavy work to it?
12 Wilt thou trust him, that he will bring home thy seed and gather <em>it into</em> thy barn?
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Can you trust it to haul in your grain and bring it to your threshing floor?
13 Didst thou give beautiful wings unto the peacock, or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
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“The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, though they cannot compare with the wings and feathers of the stork.
14 Who leaves her eggs in the earth and warms them in dust
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She lays her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand,
15 and forgets that the foot may crush them or that the wild beast may break them.
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unmindful that a foot may crush them, that some wild animal may trample them.
16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though <em>they were</em> not hers, not fearing that her labour is in vain,
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She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers; she cares not that her labor was in vain,
17 because God caused her to forget wisdom and did not give her understanding.
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for God did not endow her with wisdom or give her a share of good sense.
18 In her time she lifts up herself on high; she scorns the horse and his rider.
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Yet when she spreads her feathers to run, she laughs at horse and rider.
19 Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
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“Do you give the horse its strength or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?
20 Canst thou make him leap as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils <em>is</em> formidable.
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Do you make it leap like a locust, striking terror with its proud snorting?
21 He paws at the earth and rejoices in <em>his</em> strength; he goes forth to meet the armed <em>men</em>.
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It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength, and charges into the fray.
22 He mocks fear and is not afraid; neither does he turn his face from the sword.
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It laughs at fear, afraid of nothing; it does not shy away from the sword.
23 The quiver rattles against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
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The quiver rattles against its side, along with the flashing spear and lance.
24 He swallows the ground with fierceness and rage; the sound of the shofar does not trouble him;
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In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.
25 for the blasts of the shofar fill him with courage; he smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the princes and the sound of the battle-cry.
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At the blast of the trumpet it snorts, ‘Aha!’ It catches the scent of battle from afar, the shout of commanders and the battle cry.
26 Does the hawk fly by thy industry <em>and</em> stretch her wings toward the south?
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“Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom and spread its wings toward the south?
27 Does the eagle mount up at thy command and make her nest on high?
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Does the eagle soar at your command and build its nest on high?
28 She dwells and abides on the rock upon the crag of the rock and the strong place.
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It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night; a rocky crag is its stronghold.
29 From there she seeks food, <em>and</em> her eyes behold afar off.
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From there it looks for food; its eyes detect it from afar.
30 Her young ones suck up the blood; and wherever the slain <em>are</em>, there she <em>is</em>.
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Its young ones feast on blood, and where the slain are, there it is.”
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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