Job 39

1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? dost thou mark the calving of the hinds?

[Say] if you know the time of the bringing forth of the wild goats of the rock, and [if] you have marked the calving of the hinds:

2 Dost thou number the months that they fulfil? and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

and [if] you has have numbered the full months of their being with young, and [if] you have relieved their pangs:

3 They bow themselves, they give birth to their young ones, they cast out their pains;

and have reared their young without fear; and will you loosen their pangs?

4 Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field, they go forth, and return not unto them.

Their young will break forth; they will be multiplied with offspring: [their young] will go forth, and will not return to them.

5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager,

And who is he that sent forth the wild ass free? and who loosed his bands?

6 Whose house I made the wilderness, and the salt plain his dwellings?

whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, and the salt land his coverts.

7 He laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver;

He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, and hears not the chiding of the tax-gatherer.

8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

He will survey the mountains [as] his pasture, and he seeks after every green thing.

9 Will the buffalo be willing to serve thee, or will he lodge by thy crib?

And will the unicorn be willing to serve you, or to lie down at your manger?

10 Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

And will you bind his yoke with thongs, or will he plough furrows for you in the plain?

11 Wilt thou put confidence in him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

And do you trust him, because his strength is great? and will you commit your works to him?

12 Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?

And will you believe that he will return to you your seed, and bring [it] in [to] your threshing floor?

13 The wing of the ostrich beats joyously — But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?

The peacock has a beautiful wing: if the stork and the ostrich conceive, [it is worthy of notice],

14 For she leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,

for [the ostrich] will leave her eggs in the ground, and warm them on the dust,

15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample them.

and has forgotten that the foot will scatter them, and the wild beasts of the field trample them.

16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern.

She has hardened [herself] against her young ones, as though [she bereaved] not herself: she labours in vain without fear.

17 For God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.

For God has withholden wisdom from her, and not given her a portion in understanding.

18 What time she lasheth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

In her season she will lift herself on high; she will scorn the horse and his rider.

19 Hast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?

Hast you invested the horse with strength, and clothed his neck with terror?

20 Dost thou make him to leap as a locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.

And have you clad him in perfect armour, and made his breast glorious with courage?

21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength; he goeth forth to meet the armed host.

He paws exulting in the plain, and goes forth in strength into the plain.

22 He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from before the sword.

He laughs to scorn a king as he meets him, and will by no means turn back from the sword.

23 The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.

The bow and sword resound against him; and [his] rage will swallow up the ground:

24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot contain himself at the sound of the trumpet:

and he will not believe until the trumpet sounds.

25 At the noise of the trumpets he saith, Aha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

And when the trumpet sounds, he says, Aha! and afar off he smells the war with prancing and neighing.

26 Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, [and] stretch his wings toward the south?

And does the hawk remain steady by your wisdom, having spread out her wings unmoved, looking towards the region of the south?

27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make his nest on high?

And does the eagle rise at your command, and the vulture remain sitting over his nest,

28 He inhabiteth the rock and maketh his dwelling on the point of the cliff, and the fastness:

on a crag of a rock, and in a secret [place]?

29 From thence he spieth out the prey, his eyes look into the distance;

Thence he seeks food, his eyes observe from far.

30 And his young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is he.

And his young ones roll themselves in blood, and wherever the carcasses may be, immediately they are found.