1 Kan jy prooi jag vir die leeuin? Of die honger van die jong leeus stil maak

2 as hulle neerbuig in die lêplekke, klaar sit in die skuilplek om te loer?

3 Wie berei vir die kraai sy spys as sy kleintjies roep tot God, ronddwaal by gebrek aan voedsel?

4 Weet jy die tyd as die steenbokke lam? Neem jy dit waar as die takbokooie voortbring?

5 Tel jy die maande wat hulle dragtig is? En weet jy die tyd dat hulle lam?

6 Hulle buig hul krom, bring hulle kleintjies voort -- weg is hulle weë!

7 Hulle kleintjies word sterk, word groot in die veld, loop weg en kom na hulle nie terug nie.

8 Wie het die wilde-esel so vry laat loop? En wie het die bande van die woestyn-esel losgemaak?

9 Vir hom het Ek die wildernis sy huis gemaak en die brak land sy woonplek.

10 Hy lag oor die gewoel van die stad; die geskreeu van die drywer hoor hy nie.

11 Die omgewing van die berge is sy weiveld; en al wat groen is, soek hy uit.

12 Sal die buffel gewillig wees om jou te dien? Of sal hy vernag by jou krip?

13 Kan jy die buffel aan die ploegvoor bind met sy trektou? Of sal hy die laagtes agter jou eg?

14 Sal jy op hom vertrou, omdat sy krag groot is? En aan hom jou arbeid oorlaat?

15 Kan jy op hom reken, dat hy jou gesaaide sal inbring en bymekaarmaak op jou dorsvloer?

16 Die vlerk van die volstruis klap vrolik. Is dit 'n sagaardige vleuel en veer?

17 Want sy laat haar eiers op die grond lê en hou hulle warm op die grond;

18 en vergeet dat 'n voet dit kan stukkend druk en die wilde diere van die veld dit kan vertrap.

19 Hard behandel sy haar kleintjies asof dit nie hare is nie; is haar moeite tevergeefs -- sy is nie bekommerd nie.

20 Want God het haar die wysheid ontsê en haar geen deel gegee aan die verstand nie.

21 Wanneer sy haarself in die hoogte klap, lag sy oor die perd en sy ruiter.

22 Gee jy aan die perd sterkte? Beklee jy sy nek met maanhare?

23 Laat jy hom spring soos die sprinkaan? Sy trotse gesnuif is 'n verskrikking.

24 Hy grawe in die laagte en is vrolik in sy krag; hy trek uit, die stryd tegemoet.

25 Hy lag oor die vrees en word nie verskrik nie en draai nie om vir die swaard nie.

26 Op hom rammel die pylkoker, die flikkerende spies en lans.

27 Onstuimig en wild verslind hy die grond en staan nie stil as die basuin klink nie.

28 By elke basuinstoot sê hy: Heag! En van ver ruik hy die oorlog, die donderroep van die leërowerstes en die oorlogsgeskreeu.

29 Sweef die valk opwaarts deur jou verstand en sprei sy vlerke uit na die suide toe?

30 Of vlieg die adelaar hoog op jou bevel en bou hy hoog sy nes? [ (Job 39:31) Op die rots woon hy en vernag hy, op die rotspunt en bergvesting. ] [ (Job 39:32) Daarvandaan loer hy op voedsel, sy oë kyk in die verte. ] [ (Job 39:33) Ook slurp sy kleintjies bloed, en waar gesneuweldes lê, daar is hy. ] [ (Job 39:34) En die HERE het Job geantwoord en gesê: ] [ (Job 39:35) Wil die berisper met die Almagtige twis? Laat hy wat God teregwys, hierop antwoord! ] [ (Job 39:36) Toe het Job die HERE geantwoord en gesê: ] [ (Job 39:37) Kyk, ek is te gering. Wat kan ek U antwoord? Ek lê my hand op my mond. ] [ (Job 39:38) Een maal het ek gespreek, maar sal nie meer antwoord nie; ja, twee maal, maar ek sal nie voortgaan nie. ]

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.