Job 39
1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats bring forth among the rocks, or hast thou observed the hinds when they fawn?
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Or canst thou observe when the hinds are in labor?
2 Hast thou numbered the months of their conceiving, or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
Canst thou number the months they fulfill, And know the season when they bring forth?
3 They bow themselves to bring forth young, and they cast them, and send forth roarings.
They bow themselves; they bring forth their young; They cast forth their pains.
4 Their young are weaned and go to feed: they go forth, and return not to them.
Their young ones are strong; they grow up in the fields; They go away, and return not to them.
5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free, and who hath loosed his bonds?
Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass,
6 To whom I have given a house in the wilderness, and his dwellings in the barren land.
To whom I have given the wilderness for his house, And the barren land for his dwelling-place?
7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, he heareth not the cry of the driver.
He scorneth the tumult of the city, And heedeth not the shouting of the driver;
8 He looketh round about the mountains of his pasture, and seeketh for every green thing.
The range of the mountains is his pasture; He seeketh after every green thing,
9 Shall the rhinoceros be willing to serve thee, or will he stay at thy crib?
Will the wild-ox consent to serve thee? Will he pass the night at thy crib?
10 Canst thou bind the rhinoceros with thy thong to plough, or will he break the clods of the valleys after thee?
Canst thou bind the wild-ox with the harness to the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
11 Wilt thou have confidence in his great strength, and leave thy labours to him?
Wilt thou rely upon him because his strength is great, And commit to him thy labor?
12 Wilt thou trust him that he will render thee the seed, and gather it into thy barnfloor?
Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy grain, And gather in thy harvest?
13 The wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron, and of the hawk.
The wing of the ostrich moveth joyfully; But is it with loving pinion and feathers?
14 When she leaveth her eggs on the earth, thou perhaps wilt warm them in the dust.
Nay, she layeth her eggs on the ground; She warmeth them in the dust,
15 She forgetteth that the foot may tread upon them, or that the beasts of the field may break them.
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, And that the wild beast may break them.
16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers, she hath laboured in vain, no fear constraining her.
She is cruel to her young, as if they were not hers; Her labor is in vain, yet she feareth not;
17 For God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he given her understanding.
Because God hath denied her wisdom, And hath not given her understanding.
18 When time shall be, she setteth up her wings on high: she scorneth the horse and his rider.
Yet when she lasheth herself up on high, She laugheth at the horse and his rider.
19 Wilt thou give strength to the horse, or clothe his neck with neighing?
Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with his trembling mane?
20 Wilt thou lift him up like the locusts? the glory of his nostrils is terror.
Hast thou taught him to bound like the locust? How majestic his snorting! how terrible!
21 He breaketh up the earth with his hoof, he pranceth boldly, he goeth forward to meet armed men.
He paweth in the valley; he exulteth in his strength, And rusheth into the midst of arms.
22 He despiseth fear, he turneth not his back to the sword,
He laugheth at fear; he trembleth not, And turneth not back from the sword.
23 Above him shall the quiver rattle, the spear and shield shall glitter.
Against him rattle the quiver, The flaming spear, and the lance.
24 Chasing and raging he swalloweth the ground, neither doth he make account when the noise of the trumpet soundeth.
With rage and fury he devoureth the ground; He will not believe that the trumpet soundeth.
25 When he heareth the trumpet he saith: Ha, ha: he smelleth the battle afar off, the encouraging of the captains, and the shouting of the army.
At every blast of the trumpet, he saith, Aha! And snuffeth the battle afar off, —The thunder of the captains, and the war-shout.
26 Doth the hawk wax feathered by thy wisdom, spreading her wings to the south?
Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk flieth, And spreadeth his wings toward the south?
27 Will the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest in high places?
Doth the eagle soar at thy command, And build his nest on high?
28 She abideth among the rocks, and dwelleth among cragged flints, and stony hills, where there is no access.
He dwelleth and lodgeth upon the rock, Upon the peak of the rock, and the stronghold.
29 From thence she looketh for the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
From thence he spieth out prey; His eyes discern it from afar.
30 Her young ones shall suck up blood: and wheresoever the carcass shall be, she is immediately there.
His young ones suck up blood; And where the slain are, there is he.
