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Job 39
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
Job 39
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
39 Kan du jaga byte åt lejonhonan
och stilla lejonungarnas hunger,
2 där de kryper ihop i sina hålor
eller ligger och väntar bland snåren?
3 Vem är det som skaffar mat åt korpen,
när dess ungar skriker till Gud
och flaxar omkring hungriga?
4 Vet du när[a] stengeten föder sina ungar,
och vakar du över hindens kalvning?
5 Räknar du hur många månader de går havande,
vet du tiden när de ska föda?
6 De böjer sig ner, föder sina ungar
och blir av med sin plåga.
7 Deras ungar växer upp på de öppna fälten och blir starka.
De ger sig iväg och kommer aldrig mer tillbaka.
8 Vem är det som släpper vildåsnan fri,
vem knyter upp dess band?
9 Jag har gett den öknen som hem
och saltslätterna att bo på.
10 Den ler åt stadens buller
och slipper höra pådrivarens rop.
11 Bergskedjorna är dess betesmark.
Där söker den efter allt som är grönt.
12 Skulle vildoxen vilja bli din tjänare?
Skulle den stanna vid din krubba om natten?
13 Skulle du kunna hålla vildoxen framför plogen?
Skulle den dra harven efter dig i dalarna?
14 Vågar du lita på den för dess enorma styrka,
överlåta ditt tunga arbete åt den?
15 Kan du lita på att den för hem din skörd
och samlar den på tröskplatsen?
16 Strutsen flaxar glatt med sina vingar,
men dess fjädrar kan inte jämföras med hägerns.[b]
17 Den lägger sina ägg på marken,
låter dem värmas i sanden
18 och tänker inte på att någon kan trampa på dem
och vilda djur kan krossa dem.
19 Den är hård mot sina ungar,
precis som om de inte var dess egna
och bryr sig inte om sin möda,
som var förgäves,
20 för Gud har inte utrustat den med vishet
eller gett den förstånd.
21 Men så snart den reser sig upp för att springa
skrattar den både åt häst och ryttare.
22 Har du gett hästen dess styrka
eller klätt dess nacke med den yviga manen?
23 Är det du som lärt den hoppa som gräshoppan
och sprida skräck med sitt stolta frustande?
24 Den skrapar med hoven,
gläds över sin styrka
och rusar fram mot väpnade styrkor.
25 Den skrattar åt rädslan och fruktar inget,
den ryggar inte tillbaka för svärdet.
26 Runt omkring den viner pilar
och slår blixtrande spjut och lans.[c]
27 Den skakar och är upphetsad,
rusar över terrängen,
in i striden när stridssignalen ljuder.
28 Vid hornstöten gnäggar den högt,
vädrar strid redan på avstånd,
kommandorop och stridslarm.
29 Är det tack vare din vishet som höken flyger högt där uppe
och breder ut sina vingar mot söder?
30 Är det på din befallning som örnen flyger omkring
och bygger sitt bo på hög höjd?
31 Där bor den på klippan och tillbringar sin natt,
med klippbranten som sin fästning.
32 Därifrån spanar den in sitt byte
och upptäcker det på långt håll.
33 Dess ungar frossar i blod,
för där det slagna ligger, där finns örnen.
34 Herren svarade Job:
35 ”Vill du tvista med den Väldige,
visa honom till rätta?
Nu får Guds anklagare svara honom!”
Jobs svar
36 Då svarade Job Herren:
37 Jag är ingenting,
hur skulle jag kunna finna några svar?
Jag sätter handen för munnen.
38 Jag har talat både en gång och två gånger,
men inte kunnat svara.
Nu säger jag inget mer.
Job 39
New International Version
Job 39
New International Version
39 “Do you know when the mountain goats(A) give birth?
Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?(B)
2 Do you count the months till they bear?
Do you know the time they give birth?(C)
3 They crouch down and bring forth their young;
their labor pains are ended.
4 Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds;
they leave and do not return.
5 “Who let the wild donkey(D) go free?
Who untied its ropes?
6 I gave it the wasteland(E) as its home,
the salt flats(F) as its habitat.(G)
7 It laughs(H) at the commotion in the town;
it does not hear a driver’s shout.(I)
8 It ranges the hills(J) for its pasture
and searches for any green thing.
9 “Will the wild ox(K) consent to serve you?(L)
Will it stay by your manger(M) at night?
10 Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness?(N)
Will it till the valleys behind you?
11 Will you rely on it for its great strength?(O)
Will you leave your heavy work to it?
12 Can you trust it to haul in your grain
and bring it to your threshing floor?
13 “The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
though they cannot compare
with the wings and feathers of the stork.(P)
14 She lays her eggs on the ground
and lets them warm in the sand,
15 unmindful that a foot may crush them,
that some wild animal may trample them.(Q)
16 She treats her young harshly,(R) as if they were not hers;
she cares not that her labor was in vain,
17 for God did not endow her with wisdom
or give her a share of good sense.(S)
18 Yet when she spreads her feathers to run,
she laughs(T) at horse and rider.
19 “Do you give the horse its strength(U)
or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?
20 Do you make it leap like a locust,(V)
striking terror(W) with its proud snorting?(X)
21 It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength,(Y)
and charges into the fray.(Z)
22 It laughs(AA) at fear, afraid of nothing;
it does not shy away from the sword.
23 The quiver(AB) rattles against its side,
along with the flashing spear(AC) and lance.
24 In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground;
it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.(AD)
25 At the blast of the trumpet(AE) it snorts, ‘Aha!’
It catches the scent of battle from afar,
the shout of commanders and the battle cry.(AF)
26 “Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom
and spread its wings toward the south?(AG)
27 Does the eagle soar at your command
and build its nest on high?(AH)
28 It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night;
a rocky crag(AI) is its stronghold.
29 From there it looks for food;(AJ)
its eyes detect it from afar.
30 Its young ones feast on blood,
and where the slain are, there it is.”(AK)
Job 39
English Standard Version
Job 39
English Standard Version
39 “Do you know when (A)the mountain goats give birth?
Do you observe (B)the calving of the does?
2 Can you number the months that they fulfill,
and do you know the time when they give birth,
3 when they (C)crouch, bring forth their offspring,
and are delivered of their young?
4 Their young ones become strong; they grow up in the open;
they go out and (D)do not return to them.
5 “Who has let the wild donkey go free?
Who has (E)loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,
6 to whom I have given (F)the arid plain for his home
and (G)the salt land for his dwelling place?
7 He scorns the tumult of the city;
he hears not the shouts of the driver.
8 He ranges the mountains as his pasture,
and he searches after every green thing.
9 “Is (H)the wild ox willing to serve you?
Will he spend the night at your (I)manger?
10 Can you bind (J)him in the furrow with ropes,
or will he harrow the valleys after you?
11 Will you depend on him because his strength is great,
and will you leave to him your labor?
12 Do you have faith in him that he will return your grain
and gather it to your threshing floor?
13 “The wings of the ostrich wave proudly,
but are they the pinions and plumage of love?[a]
14 For she leaves her eggs to the earth
and lets them be warmed on the ground,
15 forgetting that a foot may crush them
and that the wild beast may trample them.
16 She (K)deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers;
though her (L)labor be in vain, yet she has no fear,
17 because God has made her forget wisdom
and (M)given her no share in understanding.
18 When she rouses herself to flee,[b]
she laughs at the horse and his rider.
19 “Do you give the horse his might?
Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
20 Do you make him leap like the locust?
His majestic (N)snorting is terrifying.
21 He paws[c] in the valley and exults in his strength;
he (O)goes out to meet the weapons.
22 He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;
he does not turn back from the sword.
23 Upon him rattle the quiver,
the flashing spear, and the javelin.
24 With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground;
he cannot stand still at (P)the sound of the trumpet.
25 When the trumpet sounds, he says ‘Aha!’
He smells the battle from afar,
the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26 “Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars
and spreads his wings toward the south?
27 Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up
and makes his (Q)nest on high?
28 On the rock he dwells and makes his home,
on (R)the rocky crag and stronghold.
29 From there he spies out the prey;
his eyes behold it from far away.
30 His young ones suck up blood,
and (S)where the slain are, there is he.”
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