Job 39
1 Knowest thou the time when the wilde goates bring foorth yong? or doest thou marke when the hindes doe calue?
Whethir thou knowist the tyme of birthe of wielde geet in stoonys, ethir hast thou aspied hyndis bryngynge forth calues?
2 Canst thou nomber the moneths that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring foorth?
Hast thou noumbrid the monethis of her conseyuyng, and hast thou knowe the tyme of her caluyng?
3 They bow them selues: they bruise their yong and cast out their sorowes.
Tho ben bowid to the calf, and caluen; and senden out roryngis.
4 Yet their yong waxe fatte, and growe vp with corne: they goe foorth and returne not vnto them.
Her calues ben departid, and goen to pasture; tho goen out, and turnen not ayen to `tho hyndis.
5 Who hath set the wilde asse at libertie? or who hath loosed the bondes of the wilde asse?
Who let go the wielde asse fre, and who loside the boondis of hym?
6 It is I which haue made the wildernesse his house, and the salt places his dwellings.
To whom Y haue youe an hows in wildirnesse, and the tabernacles of hym in the lond of saltnesse.
7 He derideth the multitude of the citie: he heareth not the crie of the driuer.
He dispisith the multitude of citee; he herith not the cry of an axere.
8 He seeketh out the mountaine for his pasture, and searcheth after euery greene thing.
He lokith aboute the hillis of his lesewe, and he sekith alle greene thingis.
9 Will the vnicorne serue thee? or will he tary by thy cribbe?
Whether an vnycorn schal wilne serue thee, ethir schal dwelle at thi cratche?
10 Canst thou binde the vnicorne with his band to labour in the furrowe? or will he plowe the valleyes after thee?
Whether thou schalt bynde the vnicorn with thi chayne, for to ere, ethir schal he breke the clottis of valeis aftir thee?
11 Wilt thou trust in him, because his strength is great, and cast off thy labour vnto him?
Whether thou schalt haue trist in his grete strengthe, and schalt thou leeue to hym thi traueils?
12 Wilt thou beleeue him, that he will bring home thy seede, and gather it vnto thy barne?
Whether thou schalt bileue to hym, that he schal yelde seed to thee, and schal gadere togidere thi cornfloor?
13 Hast thou giuen the pleasant wings vnto the peacockes? or winges and feathers vnto the ostriche?
The fethere of an ostriche is lijk the fetheris of a gerfawcun, and of an hauk;
14 Which leaueth his egges in the earth, and maketh them hote in the dust,
which ostrige forsakith hise eirun in the erthe, in hap thou schalt make tho hoot in the dust.
15 And forgetteth that the foote might scatter the, or that the wild beast might breake the.
He foryetith, that a foot tredith tho, ethir that a beeste of the feeld al tobrekith tho.
16 He sheweth himselfe cruell vnto his yong ones, as they were not his, and is without feare, as if he trauailed in vaine.
He is maad hard to hise briddis, as if thei ben not hise; he traueilide in veyn, while no drede constreynede.
17 For God had depriued him of wisedom, and hath giuen him no part of vnderstanding.
For God hath priued hym fro wisdom, and `yaf not vnderstondyng to hym.
18 When time is, he mounteth on hie: he mocketh the horse and his rider.
Whanne tyme is, he reisith the wengis an hiy; he scorneth the hors, and his ridere.
19 Hast thou giuen the horse strength? or couered his necke with neying?
Whether thou schalt yyue strengthe to an hors, ether schal yyue neiyng `aboute his necke?
20 Hast thou made him afraid as the grashopper? his strong neying is fearefull.
Whether thou schalt reyse hym as locustis? The glorie of hise nosethirlis is drede.
21 He diggeth in the valley, and reioyceth in his strength: he goeth foorth to meete the harnest man.
He diggith erthe with the foot, he `fulli ioieth booldli; he goith ayens armed men.
22 He mocketh at feare, and is not afraid, and turneth not backe from the sworde,
He dispisith ferdfulnesse, and he yyueth not stide to swerd.
23 Though the quiuer rattle against him, the glittering speare and the shield.
An arowe caas schal sowne on hym; a spere and scheeld schal florische.
24 He swalloweth the ground for fearcenes and rage, and he beleeueth not that it is the noise of the trumpet.
He is hoot, and gnastith, and swolewith the erthe; and he arettith not that the crie of the trumpe sowneth.
25 He sayth among the trumpets, Ha, ha: hee smellleth the battell afarre off, and the noyse of the captaines, and the shouting.
Whanne he herith a clarioun, he `seith, Joie! he smellith batel afer; the excityng of duykis, and the yellyng of the oost.
26 Shall the hauke flie by thy wisedome, stretching out his wings toward the South?
Whether an hauk spredinge abrood hise wyngis to the south, bigynneth to haue fetheris bi thi wisdom?
27 Doeth the eagle mount vp at thy commandement, or make his nest on hie?
Whether an egle schal be reisid at thi comaundement, and schal sette his nest in hiy places?
28 Shee abideth and remaineth in the rocke, euen vpon the toppe of the rocke, and the tower.
He dwellith in stoonys, and he dwellith in flyntis brokun bifor, and in rochis, to whiche `me may not neiye.
29 From thence she spieth for meate, and her eyes beholde afarre off.
Fro thennus he biholdith mete, and hise iyen loken fro fer.
30 His young ones also sucke vp blood: and where the slaine are, there is she.
Hise briddis souken blood, and where euere a careyn is, anoon he is present.
