1 \38:39\Do you go after food for the she-lion, or get meat so that the young lions may have enough,
2 \38:40\When they are stretched out in their holes, and are waiting in the brushwood?
3 \38:41\Who gives in the evening the meat he is searching for, when his young ones are crying to God; when the young lions with loud noise go wandering after their food?
4 \39:1\Have you knowledge of the rock-goats? or do you see the roes giving birth to their young?
5 \39:2\Is the number of their months fixed by you? or is the time when they give birth ordered by you?
6 \39:3\They are bent down, they give birth to their young, they let loose the fruit of their body.
7 \39:4\Their young ones are strong, living in the open country; they go out and do not come back again.
8 \39:5\Who has let the ass of the fields go free? or made loose the bands of the loud-voiced beast?
9 \39:6\To whom I have given the waste land for a heritage, and the salt land as a living-place.
10 \39:7\He makes sport of the noise of the town; the voice of the driver does not come to his ears;
11 \39:8\He goes looking for his grass-lands in the mountains, searching out every green thing.
12 \39:9\Will the ox of the mountains be your servant? or is his night's resting-place by your food-store?
13 \39:10\Will he be pulling your plough with cords, turning up the valleys after you?
14 \39:11\Will you put your faith in him, because his strength is great? will you give the fruit of your work into his care?
15 \39:12\Will you be looking for him to come back, and get in your seed to the crushing-floor?
16 \39:13\Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,
17 \39:14\That she puts her eggs on the earth, warming them in the dust,
18 \39:15\Without a thought that they may be crushed by the foot, and broken by the beasts of the field?
19 \39:16\She is cruel to her young ones, as if they were not hers; her work is to no purpose; she has no fear.
20 \39:17\For God has taken wisdom from her mind, and given her no measure of knowledge.
21 \39:18\When she is shaking her wings on high, she makes sport of the horse and of him who is seated on him.
22 \39:19\Do you give strength to the horse? is it by your hand that his neck is clothed with power?
23 \39:20\Is it through you that he is shaking like a locust, in the pride of his loud-sounding breath?
24 \39:21\He is stamping with joy in the valley; he makes sport of fear.
25 \39:22\In his strength he goes out against the arms of war, turning not away from the sword.
26 \39:23\The bow is sounding against him; he sees the shining point of spear and arrow.
27 \39:24\Shaking with passion, he is biting the earth; he is not able to keep quiet at the sound of the horn;
28 \39:25\When it comes to his ears he says, Aha! He is smelling the fight from far off, and hearing the thunder of the captains, and the war-cries.
29 \39:26\Is it through your knowledge that the hawk takes his flight, stretching out his wings to the south?
30 \39:27\Or is it by your orders that the eagle goes up, and makes his resting-place on high?
31 \39:28\On the rock is his house, and on the mountain-top his strong place.
32 \39:29\From there he is watching for food; his eye sees it far off.
33 \39:30\His young have blood for their drink, and where the dead bodies are, there is he to be seen.
34 \40:1\...
35 \40:2\Will he who is protesting give teaching to the Ruler of all? Let him who has arguments to put forward against God give an answer.
36 \40:3\And Job said in answer to the Lord,
37 \40:4\Truly, I am of no value; what answer may I give to you? I will put my hand on my mouth.
38 \40:5\I have said once, and even twice, what was in my mind, but I will not do so again.
1 山 岩 间 的 野 山 羊 几 时 生 产 , 你 知 道 么 ? 母 鹿 下 犊 之 期 , 你 能 察 定 么 ?
2 它 们 怀 胎 的 月 数 , 你 能 数 算 么 ? 它 们 几 时 生 产 , 你 能 晓 得 么 ?
3 它 们 屈 身 , 将 子 生 下 , 就 除 掉 疼 痛 。
4 这 子 渐 渐 肥 壮 , 在 荒 野 长 大 , 去 而 不 回 。
5 谁 放 野 驴 出 去 自 由 ? 谁 解 幵 快 驴 的 绳 索 ?
6 我 使 旷 野 作 它 的 住 处 , 使 咸 地 当 他 的 居 所 。
7 它 嗤 笑 城 内 的 喧 嚷 , 不 听 赶 牲 口 的 喝 声 。
8 遍 山 是 它 的 草 场 ; 它 寻 找 各 样 青 绿 之 物 。
9 野 牛 岂 肯 服 事 你 ? 岂 肯 住 在 你 的 槽 旁 ?
10 你 岂 能 用 套 绳 将 野 牛 笼 在 犁 沟 之 间 ? 它 岂 肯 随 你 耙 山 谷 之 地 ?
11 岂 可 因 它 的 力 大 就 倚 靠 它 ? 岂 可 把 你 的 工 交 给 它 做 么 ?
12 岂 可 信 靠 它 把 你 的 粮 食 运 到 家 , 又 收 聚 你 禾 场 上 的 榖 么 ?
13 鸵 鸟 的 翅 膀 欢 然 搧 展 , 岂 是 显 慈 爱 的 翎 毛 和 羽 毛 么 ?
14 因 它 把 蛋 留 在 地 上 , 在 尘 土 中 使 得 温 暖 ;
15 却 想 不 到 被 脚 踹 碎 , 或 被 野 兽 践 踏 。
16 它 忍 心 待 雏 , 似 乎 不 是 自 己 的 ; 虽 然 徒 受 劳 苦 , 也 不 为 雏 惧 怕 ;
17 因 为 神 使 它 没 冇 智 慧 , 也 未 将 悟 性 赐 给 它 。
18 它 几 时 挺 身 展 幵 翅 膀 , 就 嗤 笑 马 和 骑 马 的 人 。
19 马 的 大 力 是 你 所 赐 的 么 ? 它 颈 项 上 挓 挲 的 鬃 是 你 给 它 披 上 的 么 ?
20 是 你 叫 它 跳 跃 象 蝗 虫 么 ? 它 喷 气 之 威 使 人 惊 惶 。
21 它 在 谷 中 刨 地 , 自 喜 其 力 ; 它 出 去 迎 接 佩 带 兵 器 的 人 。
22 它 嗤 笑 可 怕 的 事 并 不 惊 惶 , 也 不 因 刀 剑 退 回 。
23 箭 袋 和 发 亮 的 枪 , 并 短 枪 在 它 身 上 铮 铮 冇 声 。
24 它 发 猛 烈 的 怒 气 将 地 吞 下 ; 一 听 角 声 就 不 耐 站 立 。
25 角 每 发 声 , 它 说 呵 哈 ; 它 从 远 处 闻 着 战 气 , 又 听 见 军 长 大 发 雷 声 和 兵 丁 呐 喊 。
26 鹰 雀 飞 翔 , 展 幵 翅 膀 一 直 向 南 , 岂 是 藉 你 的 智 慧 么 ?
27 大 鹰 上 腾 在 高 处 搭 窝 , 岂 是 听 你 的 吩 咐 么 ?
28 它 住 在 山 岩 , 以 山 峰 和 坚 固 之 所 为 家 ,
29 从 那 里 窥 看 食 物 , 眼 睛 远 远 观 望 。
30 它 的 雏 也 咂 血 ; 被 杀 的 人 在 那 里 , 它 也 在 那 里 。