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?
Hast thou known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? The bringing forth of hinds thou dost mark!
2 Hast thou numbered the months of their conceiving, or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
Thou dost number the months they fulfil? And thou hast known the time of their bringing forth!
3 They bow themselves to bring forth young, and they cast them, and send forth roarings.
They bow down, Their young ones they bring forth safely, Their pangs they cast forth.
4 Their young are weaned and go to feed: they go forth, and return not to them.
Safe are their young ones, 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 his bonds?
Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened?
6 To whom I have given a house in the wilderness, and his dwellings in the barren land.
Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,
7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, he heareth not the cry of the driver.
He doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not.
8 He looketh round about the mountains of his pasture, and seeketh for every green thing.
The range of mountains [is] his pasture, And after every green thing he seeketh.
9 Shall the rhinoceros be willing to serve thee, or will he stay at thy crib?
Is a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib?
10 Canst thou bind the rhinoceros with thy thong to plough, or will he break the clods of the valleys after thee?
Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow [with] his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?
11 Wilt thou have confidence in his great strength, and leave thy labours to him?
Dost thou trust in him because great [is] his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour?
12 Wilt thou trust him that he will render thee the seed, and gather it into thy barnfloor?
Dost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And [to] thy threshing-floor doth gather [it]?
13 The wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron, and of the hawk.
The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.
14 When she leaveth her eggs on the earth, thou perhaps wilt warm them in the dust.
For she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them,
15 She forgetteth that the foot may tread upon them, or that the beasts of the field may break them.
And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down.
16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers, she hath laboured in vain, no fear constraining her.
Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain [is] her labour without fear.
17 For God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he given her understanding.
For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her in understanding:
18 When time shall be, she setteth up her wings on high: she scorneth the horse and his rider.
At the time on high she lifteth herself up, She laugheth at the horse and at his rider.
19 Wilt thou give strength to the horse, or clothe his neck with neighing?
Dost thou give to the horse might? Dost thou clothe his neck [with] a mane?
20 Wilt thou lift him up like the locusts? the glory of his nostrils is terror.
Dost thou cause him to rush as a locust? The majesty of his snorting [is] terrible.
21 He breaketh up the earth with his hoof, he pranceth boldly, he goeth forward to meet armed men.
They dig in a valley, and he rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour.
22 He despiseth fear, he turneth not his back to the sword,
He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted, And he turneth not back from the face of the sword.
23 Above him shall the quiver rattle, the spear and shield shall glitter.
Against him rattle doth quiver, The flame of a spear, and a halbert.
24 Chasing and raging he swalloweth the ground, neither doth he make account when the noise of the trumpet soundeth.
With trembling and rage he swalloweth the ground, And remaineth not stedfast Because of the sound of a trumpet.
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.
Among the trumpets he saith, Aha, And from afar he doth smell battle, Roaring of princes and shouting.
26 Doth the hawk wax feathered by thy wisdom, spreading her wings to the south?
By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?
27 Will the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest in high places?
At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest?
28 She abideth among the rocks, and dwelleth among cragged flints, and stony hills, where there is no access.
A rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.
29 From thence she looketh for the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
From thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively,
30 Her young ones shall suck up blood: and wheresoever the carcass shall be, she is immediately there.
And his brood gulp up blood, And where the pierced [are] — there [is] he!
