Job 39
1 Knowest thou the time when the wilde goates bring foorth yong? or doest thou marke when the hindes doe calue?
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Or canst thou observe when the hinds are in labor?
2 Canst thou nomber the moneths that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring foorth?
Canst thou number the months they fulfill, And know the season when they bring forth?
3 They bow them selues: they bruise their yong and cast out their sorowes.
They bow themselves; they bring forth their young; They cast forth their pains.
4 Yet their yong waxe fatte, and growe vp with corne: they goe foorth and returne not vnto them.
Their young ones are strong; they grow up in the fields; They go away, and return not to them.
5 Who hath set the wilde asse at libertie? or who hath loosed the bondes of the wilde asse?
Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass,
6 It is I which haue made the wildernesse his house, and the salt places his dwellings.
To whom I have given the wilderness for his house, And the barren land for his dwelling-place?
7 He derideth the multitude of the citie: he heareth not the crie of the driuer.
He scorneth the tumult of the city, And heedeth not the shouting of the driver;
8 He seeketh out the mountaine for his pasture, and searcheth after euery greene thing.
The range of the mountains is his pasture; He seeketh after every green thing,
9 Will the vnicorne serue thee? or will he tary by thy cribbe?
Will the wild-ox consent to serve thee? Will he pass the night at thy crib?
10 Canst thou binde the vnicorne with his band to labour in the furrowe? or will he plowe the valleyes 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 trust in him, because his strength is great, and cast off thy labour vnto him?
Wilt thou rely upon him because his strength is great, And commit to him thy labor?
12 Wilt thou beleeue him, that he will bring home thy seede, and gather it vnto thy barne?
Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy grain, And gather in thy harvest?
13 Hast thou giuen the pleasant wings vnto the peacockes? or winges and feathers vnto the ostriche?
The wing of the ostrich moveth joyfully; But is it with loving pinion and feathers?
14 Which leaueth his egges in the earth, and maketh them hote in the dust,
Nay, she layeth her eggs on the ground; She warmeth them in the dust,
15 And forgetteth that the foote might scatter the, or that the wild beast might breake the.
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, And that the wild beast may break them.
16 He sheweth himselfe cruell vnto his yong ones, as they were not his, and is without feare, as if he trauailed in vaine.
She is cruel to her young, as if they were not hers; Her labor is in vain, yet she feareth not;
17 For God had depriued him of wisedom, and hath giuen him no part of vnderstanding.
Because God hath denied her wisdom, And hath not given her understanding.
18 When time is, he mounteth on hie: he mocketh the horse and his rider.
Yet when she lasheth herself up on high, She laugheth at the horse and his rider.
19 Hast thou giuen the horse strength? or couered his necke with neying?
Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with his trembling mane?
20 Hast thou made him afraid as the grashopper? his strong neying is fearefull.
Hast thou taught him to bound like the locust? How majestic his snorting! how terrible!
21 He diggeth in the valley, and reioyceth in his strength: he goeth foorth to meete the harnest man.
He paweth in the valley; he exulteth in his strength, And rusheth into the midst of arms.
22 He mocketh at feare, and is not afraid, and turneth not backe from the sworde,
He laugheth at fear; he trembleth not, And turneth not back from the sword.
23 Though the quiuer rattle against him, the glittering speare and the shield.
Against him rattle the quiver, The flaming spear, and the lance.
24 He swalloweth the ground for fearcenes and rage, and he beleeueth not that it is the noise of the trumpet.
With rage and fury he devoureth the ground; He will not believe that the trumpet soundeth.
25 He sayth among the trumpets, Ha, ha: hee smellleth the battell afarre off, and the noyse of the captaines, and the shouting.
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 Shall the hauke flie by thy wisedome, stretching out his wings toward the South?
Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk flieth, And spreadeth his wings toward the south?
27 Doeth the eagle mount vp at thy commandement, or make his nest on hie?
Doth the eagle soar at thy command, And build his nest on high?
28 Shee abideth and remaineth in the rocke, euen vpon the toppe of the rocke, and the tower.
He dwelleth and lodgeth upon the rock, Upon the peak of the rock, and the stronghold.
29 From thence she spieth for meate, and her eyes beholde afarre off.
From thence he spieth out prey; His eyes discern it from afar.
30 His young ones also sucke vp blood: and where the slaine are, there is she.
His young ones suck up blood; And where the slain are, there is he.
