The entirety of Job in the NRSV:
Job 39
1 Do you know when the mountain goats give birth?
Do you observe the calving of the deer?
2 Can you number the months that they fulfil,
and do you know the time when they give birth,
3 when they crouch to give birth to their offspring,
and are delivered of their young?
4 Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open;
they go forth, and do not return to them.
5 ‘Who has let the wild ass go free?
Who has loosed the bonds of the swift ass,
6 to which I have given the steppe for its home,
the salt land for its dwelling-place?
7 It scorns the tumult of the city;
it does not hear the shouts of the driver.
8 It ranges the mountains as its pasture,
and it searches after every green thing.
9 ‘Is the wild ox willing to serve you?
Will it spend the night at your crib?
10 Can you tie it in the furrow with ropes,
or will it harrow the valleys after you?
11 Will you depend on it because its strength is great,
and will you hand over your labour to it?
12 Do you have faith in it that it will return,
and bring your grain to your threshing-floor?*
13 ‘The ostrich’s wings flap wildly,
though its pinions lack plumage.*
14 For it leaves its eggs to the earth,
and lets them be warmed on the ground,
15 forgetting that a foot may crush them,
and that a wild animal may trample them.
16 It deals cruelly with its young, as if they were not its own;
though its labour should be in vain, yet it has no fear;
17 because God has made it forget wisdom,
and given it no share in understanding.
18 When it spreads its plumes aloft,*
it laughs at the horse and its rider.
19 ‘Do you give the horse its might?
Do you clothe its neck with mane?
20 Do you make it leap like the locust?
Its majestic snorting is terrible.
21 It paws* violently, exults mightily;
it goes out to meet the weapons.
22 It laughs at fear, and is not dismayed;
it does not turn back from the sword.
23 Upon it rattle the quiver,
the flashing spear, and the javelin.
24 With fierceness and rage it swallows the ground;
it cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
25 When the trumpet sounds, it says “Aha!”
From a distance it smells the battle,
the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26 ‘Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars,
and spreads its wings towards the south?
27 Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up
and makes its nest on high?
28 It lives on the rock and makes its home
in the fastness of the rocky crag.
29 From there it spies the prey;
its eyes see it from far away.
30 Its young ones suck up blood;
and where the slain are, there it is.’
No mention of unicorns there so therefore I don't see what you're trying to get at with your lack of actual scientific evidence and this bible waving to prove it and then trying to jump to conclusions, like all heterodoxers, that cause those of us that don't stand on shoddy reasoning have a lack of faith. Sorry but come up with a new tactic, this one doesn't work.
The King James Bible says "unicorn" instead of "oxen" in Job 39. I trust the KJV over the NRSV. Why? Because most Modern Translations have got the stink of the devil within them. How can we know? Check Daniel 3, Isaiah 14, and Revelation 13 for starters.
For example: The NRSV says that fourth figure in the fire with Daniels three friends had, "the appearance of a god." (little "g") (Daniel 3:25). Other translations say that he was the son of the gods. The KJV got it right. It says that this was, "the Son of God." For Jesus was in the fire with them.
The NSRV says in Isaiah 14:12,
"How you are fallen from heaven, O
Day Star, son of Dawn!." (Isaiah 14:12) (NSRV)
"We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the
day star arise in your hearts." (2 Peter 1:19) (KJV).
Isaiah 14:12 (KJV) is talking about the fall of Lucifer, or the devil. Yet, the NRSV has the audacity to say that Jesus (Who is the Day Star who arises in our hearts according to 2 Peter 1:19) falls from heaven. It's sick.
Here is what Isaiah 14:12 says in the KJV.
"How art thou fallen from heaven, O
Lucifer, son of the morning!" (Isaiah 14:12) (KJV).
We know that the word "Lucifer" means light bearer. How fitting. Lucifer is described as wearing jewels in Ezekiel 28:13. Jewels or gemstones reflect or reflect light. In short, jewels hold light. They are like little light bearers. The New Testament says, "And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light." (2 Corinthians 11:14).
Then there is Revelation 13. Well, many Bible versions say that it is the dragon who is standing on the sea shore in Revelation. This is just evil and wrong.
See Parallel Version for
Revelation 13:1 here.
NSRV just completely leaves out John standing on the sand by the sea.
But in many Modern Translations:
Revelation 13:1 says The dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name.
See, if you know anything about Bible language, standing on something means that you "own it"; And the devil wants to own you. In the King James, John is standing on the seashore. Yet in many Bible versions the dragon (i.e. the devil) is standing on the seashore.
Why is this a problem?
Let's look at...
Genesis 22:17
"That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;"
Did you catch that? God says to Abraham that He will multiply his seed as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is upon the seashore where he will then possess the gate of his enemies (i.e. the devil and his kingdom). The apostle John who wrote Revelation was Jewish and he was the promised seed of
Genesis 22 standing on the seashore in
Revelation 13. It was not the dragon or the devil standing on the seashore.
For certain Modern Versions eliminate the part of the passage in
Revelation 13:1 that says that John is standing on the seashore (When he refers to himself as "I").
Also, the devil tries to take out key points in important discussions within the Bible (Which can affect doctrine). For example: In
Romans 7 Paul talks from the Jew's perspective in keeping the Old Testament Law (Which leads to problems), and he gives us the climax or heart of his message as a solution in
Romans 8:1. Now, certain modern translations have eliminated "who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." Eliminating this passage destroys the whole thrust of Paul's argument. Walking in the Spirit is the key to being in Christ Jesus. You eliminate that and you destroy Paul's argument. Also,
1 John 5:7 is the only verse in the Bible that is the clearest and most concise teaching on the Godhead (i.e. the Trinity).