Job 39
1 [Say] if thou knowest the time of the bringing forth of the wild goats of the rock, and [if] thou hast marked the calving of the hinds:
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? [or] canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
2 and [if] thou has hast numbered the full months of their being with young, and [if] thou hast relieved their pangs:
Canst thou number the months [that] they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
3 and hast reared their young without fear; and wilt thou loosen their pangs?
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
4 Their young will break forth; they will be multiplied with offspring: [their young] will go forth, and will not return to them.
Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not to them.
5 And who is he that sent forth the wild ass free? and who loosed his bands?
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
6 whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, and the salt land his coverts.
Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
7 He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, and hears not the chiding of the tax-gatherer.
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
8 He will survey the mountains [as] his pasture, and he seeks after every green thing.
The range of the mountains [is] his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
9 And will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or to lie down at thy manger?
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
10 And wilt thou bind his yoke with thongs, or will he plough furrows for thee in the plain?
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
11 And dost thou trust him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou commit thy works to him?
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength [is] great? or wilt thou leave thy labor to him?
12 And wilt thou believe that he will return to thee thy seed, and bring [it] in [to] thy threshing-floor?
Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather [it into] thy barn?
13 The peacock has a beautiful wing: if the stork and the ostrich conceive, [it is worthy of notice],
[Gavest thou] the goodly wings to the peacocks? or wings and feathers to the ostrich!
14 for [the ostrich] will leave her eggs in the ground, and warm them on the dust,
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,
15 and has forgotten that the foot will scatter them, and the wild beasts of the field trample them.
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
16 She has hardened [herself] against her young ones, as though [she bereaved] not herself: she labours in vain without fear.
She is hardened against her young ones, as though [they were] not hers: her labor is in vain without fear;
17 For God has withholden wisdom from her, and not given her a portion in understanding.
Because God hath withheld wisdom from her, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
18 In her season she will lift herself on high; she will scorn the horse and his rider.
When she lifteth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
19 Hast thou invested the horse with strength, and clothed his neck with terror?
Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
20 And hast thou clad him in perfect armour, and made his breast glorious with courage?
Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils [is] terrible.
21 He paws exulting in the plain, and goes forth in strength into the plain.
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
22 He laughs to scorn a king as he meets him, and will by no means turn back from the sword.
He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
23 The bow and sword resound against him; and [his] rage will swallow up the ground:
The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
24 and he will not believe until the trumpet sounds.
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that [it is] the sound of the trumpet.
25 And when the trumpet sounds, he says, Aha! and afar off he smells the war with prancing and neighing.
He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26 And does the hawk remain steady by thy wisdom, having spread out her wings unmoved, looking toward the region of the south?
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, [and] stretch her wings towards the south?
27 And does the eagle rise at thy command, and the vulture remain sitting over his nest,
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
28 on a crag of a rock, and in a secret [place]?
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
29 Thence he seeks food, his eyes observe from far.
From thence she seeketh the prey, [and] her eyes behold afar off.
30 And his young ones roll themselves in blood, and wherever the carcasses may be, immediately they are found.
Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain [are], there [is] she.
