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“Do you know the time when the goats of the rocks give birth? Do you observe the doe deer’s giving birth?
¿CAZARÁS tú la presa para el león? ¿y saciarás el hambre de los leoncillos,
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
“Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?
Can you number the months they fulfill, and do you know the time of its giving birth?
Cuando están echados en las cuevas, ó se están en sus guaridas para acechar?
Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
Can you count the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?
When they crouch, they bring forth their young ones; they get rid of their labor pains.
¿Quién preparó al cuervo su alimento, cuando sus pollos claman á Dios, bullendo de un lado á otro por carecer de comida?
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
They bow themselves. They bear their young. They end their labor pains.
Their young ones grow strong; they grow up in the open; they go forth and do not return to them.
¿Sabes tú el tiempo en que paren las cabras monteses? ¿ó miraste tú las ciervas cuando están pariendo?
Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go out, and don’t return again.
“Who has sent forth the wild ass free? And who has released the wild donkey’s bonds,
¿Contaste tú los meses de su preñez, y sabes el tiempo cuando han de parir?
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
“Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,
to which I have given the wilderness as its house and the salt flat as its dwelling place?
Encórvanse, hacen salir sus hijos, pasan sus dolores.
Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place?
It scorns the city’s turmoil; it does not hear the driver’s shouts.
Sus hijos están sanos, crecen con el pasto: salen y no vuelven á ellas.
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.
It explores the mountains as its pasture and searches after every kind of green plant.
¿Quién echó libre al asno montés, y quién soltó sus ataduras?
The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
The range of the mountains is his pasture. He searches after every green thing.
“Is the wild ox willing to serve you, or will he spend the night at your feeding trough?
Al cual yo puse casa en la soledad, y sus moradas en lugares estériles.
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
“Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?
Can you tie the wild ox with its rope to a furrow, or will it harrow the valleys after you?
Búrlase de la multitud de la ciudad: no oye las voces del arriero.
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?
Can you trust it because its strength is great, or will you hand your labor over to it?
Lo oculto de los montes es su pasto, y anda buscando todo lo que está verde.
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?
Can you rely on it that it will return your grain and that it will gather it to your threshing floor?
¿Querrá el unicornio servirte á ti, ni quedar á tu pesebre?
Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor?
“The wings of the female ostrich flap— are they the pinions of the stork or the falcon?
¿Atarás tú al unicornio con su coyunda para el surco? ¿labrará los valles en pos de ti?
Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the feathers and plumage of love?
Indeed, it leaves its eggs to the earth, and it lets them be warmed on the ground,
¿Confiarás tú en él, por ser grande su fortaleza, y le fiarás tu labor?
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust,
and it forgets that a foot might crush an egg, and ⌞a wild animal⌟ might trample it.
¿Fiarás de él que te tornará tu simiente, y que la allegará en tu era?
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them.
It deals cruelly with its young ones, as if they were not its own, as if without fear that its labor were in vain,
¿Diste tú hermosas alas al pavo real, ó alas y plumas al avestruz?
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,
because God made it forget wisdom, and he did not give it a share in understanding.
El cual desampara en la tierra sus huevos, y sobre el polvo los calienta,
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.
When it spreads its wings ⌞aloft⌟, it laughs at the horse and its rider.
Y olvídase de que los pisará el pie, y que los quebrará bestia del campo.
What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.
“Do you give power to the horse? Do you clothe its neck with a mane?
Endurécese para con sus hijos, como si no fuesen suyos, no temiendo que su trabajo haya sido en vano:
Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
“Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?
Do you make it leap like the locust? The majesty of its snorting is terrifying.
Porque le privó Dios de sabiduría, y no le dió inteligencia.
Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.
They paw in the valley, and it exults with strength; it goes out to meet the battle.
Luego que se levanta en alto, búrlase del caballo y de su jinete.
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men.
It laughs at danger and is not dismayed, and it does not turn back from ⌞before⌟ the sword.
¿Diste tú al caballo la fortaleza? ¿vestiste tú su cerviz de relincho?
He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword.
Upon it the quiver rattles along with the flash of the spear and the short sword.
¿Le intimidarás tú como á alguna langosta? El resoplido de su nariz es formidable:
The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin.
With roar and rage ⌞it races over the ground⌟, and it cannot stand still at the sound of the horn.
Escarba la tierra, alégrase en su fuerza, sale al encuentro de las armas:
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
⌞Whenever⌟ a horn sounds, it says, ‘Aha!’ And it smells the battle from a distance— the thunder of the commanders and the war cry.
Hace burla del espanto, y no teme, ni vuelve el rostro delante de la espada.
He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
“Does the hawk soar by your wisdom? Does it spread its wings to the south?
Contra él suena la aljaba, el hierro de la lanza y de la pica:
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
“Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?
Or does the eagle fly high at your command and construct its nest high?
Y él con ímpetu y furor escarba la tierra, sin importarle el sonido de la bocina;
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?
It lives on the rock and spends the night ⌞on the rock point and the mountain stronghold⌟.
Antes como que dice entre los clarines: ¡Ea!, y desde lejos huele la batalla, el grito de los capitanes, y la vocería.
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
On the cliff he dwells and makes his home, on the point of the cliff and the stronghold.
From there it spies out the prey; its eyes look from far away.
¿Vuela el gavilán por tu industria, y extiende hacia el mediodía sus alas?
From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.
And its young ones lick blood greedily, and where the dead carcasses are, there they are.”
¿Se remonta el águila por tu mandamiento, y pone en alto su nido? Ella habita y está en la piedra, en la cumbre del peñasco y de la roca. Desde allí acecha la comida: sus ojos observan de muy lejos. Sus pollos chupan la sangre: y donde hubiere cadáveres, allí está. A más de eso respondió Jehová á Job, y dijo: ¿Es sabiduría contender con el Omnipotente? El que disputa con Dios, responda á esto. Y respondió Job á Jehová, y dijo: He aquí que yo soy vil, ¿qué te responderé? Mi mano pongo sobre mi boca. Una vez hablé, y no responderé: aun dos veces, mas no tornaré á hablar.
Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is.”