Job 39
1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? dost thou mark the calving of the hinds?
“Have you known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? Do you mark the bringing forth of does?
2 Dost thou number the months that they fulfil? and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
Do you number the months they fulfill? And have you known the time of their bringing forth?
3 They bow themselves, they give birth to their young ones, they cast out their pains;
They bow down, They bring forth their young ones safely, They cast forth 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 ones are safe, They grow up in the field, they have gone out, And have not returned to them.
5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager,
Who has sent forth the wild donkey free? Indeed, who opened the bands of the wild donkey?
6 Whose house I made the wilderness, and the salt plain his dwellings?
Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,
7 He laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver;
He laughs at the multitude of a city, He does not hear the cries of an exactor.
8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
The range of mountains [is] 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?
Is a wild ox willing to serve you? Does he lodge by your crib?
10 Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Do you bind a wild ox in a furrow [with] his thick band? Does he harrow valleys after you?
11 Wilt thou put confidence in him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
Do you trust in him because his power [is] great? And do you leave your labor to him?
12 Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?
Do you trust in him That he brings back your seed, And gathers [it to] your threshing-floor?
13 The wing of the ostrich beats joyously — But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?
[The] wing of the crying ostriches exults, but as a pinion and feather of a stork?
14 For she leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,
For she leaves her eggs on the earth, And she warms them on the dust,
15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample them.
And she forgets that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field treads it down.
16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern.
It has hardened her young ones without her, Her labor [is] in vain, without fear.
17 For God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.
For God has caused her to forget wisdom, And He has not given a portion To her in understanding;
18 What time she lasheth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
At the time she lifts herself up on high, She laughs at the horse and his rider.
19 Hast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?
Do you give might to the horse? Do you clothe his neck [with] a mane?
20 Dost thou make him to leap as a locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.
Do you cause him to rush as a locust? The splendor of his snorting [is] terrible.
21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength; he goeth forth to meet the armed host.
They dig in a valley, and he rejoices in power, He goes forth to meet the armor.
22 He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from before the sword.
He laughs at fear, and is not frightened, And he does not turn back from the face of the sword.
23 The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.
Quiver rattles against him, The flame of a spear, and a javelin.
24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot contain himself at the sound of the trumpet:
He swallows the ground with trembling and rage, And does not remain steadfast Because of the sound of a horn.
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.
Among the horns he says, Aha, And from afar he smells battle, Roaring of princes and shouting.
26 Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, [and] stretch his wings toward the south?
By your understanding does a hawk fly? Does he spread his wings to the south?
27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make his nest on high?
At your command does an eagle go up high? Or lift up his nest?
28 He inhabiteth the rock and maketh his dwelling on the point of the cliff, and the fastness:
He inhabits a rock, Indeed, he lodges on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.
29 From thence he spieth out the prey, his eyes look into the distance;
From there he has sought food, His eyes look attentively to a far-off place,
30 And his young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is he.
And his brood sucks up blood, And where the pierced [are]—there [is] he!”
