Job 39
1 Do you know at what time the wild goats have given birth among the rocks, or do you observe the deer when they go into labor?
Know you the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or can you mark when the hinds do calve?
2 Have you numbered the months since their conception, and do you know at what time they gave birth?
Can you number the months that they fulfill? or know you the time when they bring forth?
3 They bend themselves for their offspring, and they give birth, and they emit roars.
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
4 Their young are weaned and go out to feed; they depart and do not return to them.
Their young ones are in good looking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
5 Who has set the wild ass free, and who has released his bonds?
Who has sent out the wild ass free? or who has loosed the bands of the wild ass?
6 I have given a house in solitude to him, and his tabernacle is in the salted land.
Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
7 He despises the crowded city; he does not pay attention to the bellow of the tax collector.
He scorns the multitude of the city, neither regards he the crying of the driver.
8 He looks around the mountains of his pasture, and he searches everywhere for green plants.
The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.
9 Will the rhinoceros be willing to serve you, and will he remain in your stall?
Will the unicorn (ox) be willing to serve you, or abide by your crib?
10 Can you detain the rhinoceros with your harness to plough for you, and will he loosen the soil of the furrows behind you?
Can you bind the unicorn (ox) with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after you?
11 Will you put your faith in his great strength, and delegate your labors to him?
Will you trust him, because his strength is great? or will you leave your labour to him?
12 Will you trust him to return to you the seed, and to gather it on your drying floor?
Will you believe him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather it into your barn?
13 The wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron, and of the hawk.
Gave you the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
14 When she leaves eggs behind in the earth, will you perhaps warm them in the dust?
Which left her eggs in the earth, and warms them in dust,
15 She forgets that feet may trample them, or that the beasts of the field may shatter them.
And forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
16 She is hardened against her young, as if they were not hers; she has labored in vain, with no fear compelling her.
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: her labour is in vain without fear;
17 For God has deprived her of wisdom; neither has he given her understanding.
Because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.
18 Yet, when the time is right, she raises her wings on high; she ridicules the horse and his rider.
What time she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.
19 Will you supply strength to the horse, or envelope his throat with neighing?
Have you given the horse strength? have you clothed his neck with thunder?
20 Will you alarm him as the locusts do? His panic is revealed by the display of his nostrils.
Can you make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
21 He digs at the earth with his hoof; he jumps around boldly; he advances to meet armed men.
He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength: he goes on to meet the armed men.
22 He despises fear; he does not turn away from the sword.
He mocks at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turns he back from the sword.
23 Above him, the quiver rattles, the spear and the shield shake.
The quiver rattles against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
24 Seething and raging, he drinks up the earth; neither does he pause when the blast of the trumpet sounds.
He swallows the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believes he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
25 When he hears the bugle, he says, “Ha!” He smells the battle from a distance, the exhortation of the officers, and the battle cry of the soldiers.
He says among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smells the battle far off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26 Does the hawk grow feathers by means of your wisdom, spreading her wings towards the south?
Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
27 Will the eagle lift herself up at your command and make her nest in steep places?
Does the eagle mount up at your command, and make her nest on high?
28 She dwells among the rocks, and she lingers among broken boulders and inaccessible cliffs.
She dwells and abides on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
29 From there, she looks for food, and her eyes catch sight of it from far away.
From thence she seeks the prey, and her eyes behold far off.
30 Her young will drink blood, and wherever the carcass will be, she is there immediately.
Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
