Job 39
1 Knowest thou the time when the wilde goates bring foorth yong? or doest thou marke when the hindes doe calue?
“Have you known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? Do you mark the bringing forth of does?
2 Canst thou nomber the moneths that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring foorth?
Do you number the months they fulfill? And have you known the time of their bringing forth?
3 They bow them selues: they bruise their yong and cast out their sorowes.
They bow down, They bring forth their young ones safely, They cast forth their pangs.
4 Yet their yong waxe fatte, and growe vp with corne: they goe foorth and returne not vnto 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 set the wilde asse at libertie? or who hath loosed the bondes of the wilde asse?
Who has sent forth the wild donkey free? Indeed, who opened the bands of the wild donkey?
6 It is I which haue made the wildernesse his house, and the salt places his dwellings.
Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,
7 He derideth the multitude of the citie: he heareth not the crie of the driuer.
He laughs at the multitude of a city, He does not hear the cries of an exactor.
8 He seeketh out the mountaine for his pasture, and searcheth after euery greene thing.
The range of mountains [is] his pasture, And he seeks after every green thing.
9 Will the vnicorne serue thee? or will he tary by thy cribbe?
Is a wild ox willing to serve you? Does he lodge by your crib?
10 Canst thou binde the vnicorne with his band to labour in the furrowe? or will he plowe the valleyes after thee?
Do you bind a wild ox in a furrow [with] his thick band? Does he harrow valleys after you?
11 Wilt thou trust in him, because his strength is great, and cast off thy labour vnto him?
Do you trust in him because his power [is] great? And do you leave your labor to him?
12 Wilt thou beleeue him, that he will bring home thy seede, and gather it vnto thy barne?
Do you trust in him That he brings back your seed, And gathers [it to] your threshing-floor?
13 Hast thou giuen the pleasant wings vnto the peacockes? or winges and feathers vnto the ostriche?
[The] wing of the crying ostriches exults, but as a pinion and feather of a stork?
14 Which leaueth his egges in the earth, and maketh them hote in the dust,
For she leaves her eggs on the earth, And she warms them on the dust,
15 And forgetteth that the foote might scatter the, or that the wild beast might breake the.
And she forgets that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field treads it down.
16 He sheweth himselfe cruell vnto his yong ones, as they were not his, and is without feare, as if he trauailed in vaine.
It has hardened her young ones without her, Her labor [is] in vain, without fear.
17 For God had depriued him of wisedom, and hath giuen him no part of vnderstanding.
For God has caused her to forget wisdom, And He has not given a portion To her in understanding;
18 When time is, he mounteth on hie: he mocketh 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 giuen the horse strength? or couered his necke with neying?
Do you give might to the horse? Do you clothe his neck [with] a mane?
20 Hast thou made him afraid as the grashopper? his strong neying is fearefull.
Do you cause him to rush as a locust? The splendor of his snorting [is] terrible.
21 He diggeth in the valley, and reioyceth in his strength: he goeth foorth to meete the harnest man.
They dig in a valley, and he rejoices in power, He goes forth to meet the armor.
22 He mocketh at feare, and is not afraid, and turneth not backe from the sworde,
He laughs at fear, and is not frightened, And he does not turn back from the face of the sword.
23 Though the quiuer rattle against him, the glittering speare and the shield.
Quiver rattles against him, The flame of a spear, and a javelin.
24 He swalloweth the ground for fearcenes and rage, and he beleeueth not that it is the noise of the trumpet.
He swallows the ground with trembling and rage, And does not remain steadfast Because of the sound of a horn.
25 He sayth among the trumpets, Ha, ha: hee smellleth the battell afarre off, and the noyse of the captaines, and the shouting.
Among the horns he says, Aha, And from afar he smells battle, Roaring of princes and shouting.
26 Shall the hauke flie by thy wisedome, stretching out his wings toward the South?
By your understanding does a hawk fly? Does he spread his wings to the south?
27 Doeth the eagle mount vp at thy commandement, or make his nest on hie?
At your command does an eagle go up high? Or lift up his nest?
28 Shee abideth and remaineth in the rocke, euen vpon the toppe of the rocke, and the tower.
He inhabits a rock, Indeed, he lodges on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.
29 From thence she spieth for meate, and her eyes beholde afarre off.
From there he has sought food, His eyes look attentively to a far-off place,
30 His young ones also sucke vp blood: and where the slaine are, there is she.
And his brood sucks up blood, And where the pierced [are]—there [is] he!”
