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1산 염소가 새끼 치는 때를 네가 아느냐 암사슴의 새끼 낳을 기한을 네가 알 수 있느냐 2그것이 몇 달만에 만삭되는지 아느냐 그 낳을 때를 아느냐 3그것들은 몸을 구푸리고 새끼를 낳아 그 괴로움을 지내어 버리며 4그 새끼는 강하여져서 빈 들에서 길리우다가 나가고는 다시 돌아오지 아니하느니라 5누가 들나귀를 놓아 자유하게 하였느냐 누가 빠른 나귀의 매인 것을 풀었느냐 6내가 들로 그 집을, 짠 땅으로 그 사는 처소를 삼았느니라 7들나귀는 성읍의 지꺼리는 것을 업신여기니 어거하는 자의 지르는 소리가 그것에게 들리지 아니하며 8초장이 된 산으로 두루 다니며 여러 가지 푸른 것을 찾느니라 9들소가 어찌 즐겨 네게 복종하며 네 외양간에 머물겠느냐 10네가 능히 줄로 들소를 매어 이랑을 갈게 하겠느냐 그것이 어찌 골짜기에서 너를 따라 쓰레를 끌겠느냐 11그것의 힘이 많다고 네가 그것을 의지하겠느냐 네 수고하는 일을 그것에게 맡기겠느냐 12그것이 네 곡식을 집으로 실어오며 네 타작 마당에 곡식 모으기를 그것에게 의탁하겠느냐 13타조는 즐거이 그 날개를 친다마는 그 깃과 털이 인자를 베푸느냐 14그것이 알을 땅에 버려두어 모래에서 더워지게 하고 15발에 깨어질 것이나 들짐승에게 밟힐 것을 생각지 아니하고 16그 새끼에게 무정함이 제 새끼가 아닌 것처럼 하며 그 구로한 것이 헛되게 될지라도 괘념치 아니하나니 17이는 하나님 내가 지혜를 품부하지 아니하고 총명을 주지 아니함이니라 18그러나 그 몸을 떨쳐 뛰어갈 때에는 말과 그 탄 자를 경히 여기느니라 19말의 힘을 네가 주었느냐 그 목에 흩날리는 갈기를 네가 입혔느냐 20네가 그것으로 메뚜기처럼 뛰게 하였느냐 그 위엄스러운 콧소리가 두려우니라 21그것이 골짜기에서 허위고 힘 있음을 기뻐하며 앞으로 나아가서 군사들을 맞되 22두려움을 비웃고 놀라지 아니하며 칼을 당할지라도 물러나지 아니하니 23그 위에서는 전동과 빛난 작은 창과 큰 창이 쟁쟁하며 24땅을 삼킬듯이 맹렬히 성내며 나팔 소리를 들으면 머물러 서지 아니하고 25나팔 소리 나는 대로 소소히 울며 멀리서 싸움 냄새를 맡고 장관의 호령과 떠드는 소리를 듣느니라 26매가 떠올라서 날개를 펼쳐 남방으로 향하는 것이 어찌 네 지혜로 말미암음이냐 27독수리가 공중에 떠서 높은 곳에 보금자리를 만드는 것이 어찌 네 명령을 의지함이냐 28그것이 낭떠러지에 집을 지으며 뾰족한 바위 끝이나 험준한 데 거하며 29거기서 움킬만한 것을 살피나니 그 눈이 멀리 봄이며 30그 새끼들도 피를 빠나니 살륙 당한 자 있는 곳에는 그것도 거기 있느니라

1“Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns? 2Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth? 3They bow themselves, they bear their young. They end their labor pains. 4Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go out, and don’t return again. 5“Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey, 6Whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place? 7He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver. 8The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches after every green thing. 9“Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough? 10Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you? 11Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor? 12Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor? 13“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love? 14For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust, 15and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them. 16She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear, 17because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding. 18When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider. 19“Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane? 20Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome. 21He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men. 22He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword. 23The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin. 24He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet. 25As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. 26“Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south? 27Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high? 28On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, on the point of the cliff, and the stronghold. 29From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off. 30His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is.”

1Weet gij den tijd van het baren der steengeiten? Hebt gij waargenomen den arbeid der hinden? 2Zult gij de maanden tellen, die zij vervullen, en weet gij den tijd van haar baren? 3Als zij zich krommen, haar jongen met versplijting voortbrengen, haar smarten uitwerpen? 4Haar jongen worden kloek, worden groot door het koren; zij gaan uit, en keren niet weder tot dezelve. 5Wie heeft den woudezel vrij henengezonden, en wie heeft de banden des wilden ezels gelost? 6Dien Ik de wildernis tot zijn huis besteld heb, en het ziltige tot zijn woningen. 7Hij belacht het gewoel der stad; het menigerlei getier des drijvers hoort hij niet. 8Dat hij uitspeurt op de bergen, is zijn weide; en hij zoekt allerlei groensel na. 9Zal de eenhoorn u willen dienen? Zal hij vernachten aan uw kribbe? 10Zult gij den eenhoorn met zijn touw aan de voren binden? Zal hij de laagten achter u eggen? 11Zult gij op hem vertrouwen, omdat zijn kracht groot is, en zult gij uw arbeid op hem laten? 12Zult gij hem geloven, dat hij uw zaad zal wederbrengen, en vergaderen tot uw dorsvloer? 13Zijn van u de verheugelijke vleugelen der pauwen? Of de vederen des ooievaars, en des struisvogels? 14Dat zij haar eieren in de aarde laat, en in het stof die verwarmt. 15En vergeet, dat de voet die drukken kan, en de dieren des velds die vertrappen kunnen? 16Zij verhardt zich tegen haar jongen, alsof zij de hare niet waren; haar arbeid is te vergeefs, omdat zij zonder vreze is. 17Want God heeft haar van wijsheid ontbloot, en heeft haar des verstands niet medegedeeld. 18Als het tijd is, verheft zij zich in de hoogte; zij belacht het paard en zijn rijder. 19Zult gij het paard sterkte geven? Kunt gij zijn hals met donder bekleden? 20Zult gij het beroeren als een sprinkhaan? De pracht van zijn gesnuif is een verschrikking. 21Het graaft in den grond, en het is vrolijk in zijn kracht; en trekt uit, den geharnaste tegemoet. 22Het belacht de vreze, en wordt niet ontsteld, en keert niet wederom vanwege het zwaard. 23Tegen hem ratelt de pijlkoker, het vlammig ijzer des spies en der lans. 24Met schudding en beroering slokt het de aarde op, en gelooft niet, dat het is het geluid der bazuin. 25In het volle geklank der bazuin, zegt het: Heah! en ruikt den krijg van verre, den donder der vorsten en het gejuich. 26Vliegt de sperwer door uw verstand, en breidt hij zijn vleugelen uit naar het zuiden? 27Is het naar uw bevel, dat de arend zich omhoog verheft, en dat hij zijn nest in de hoogte maakt? 28Hij woont en vernacht in de steenrots, op de scherpte der steenrots en der vaste plaats. 29Van daar speurt hij de spijze op; zijn ogen zien van verre af. 30Ook zuipen zijn jongen bloed; en waar verslagenen zijn, daar is hij.