Job 39
1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
“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 number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
Do you number the months they fulfill? And have you known the time of their bringing forth?
3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, they cast out their fruit.
They bow down, They bring forth their young ones safely, They cast forth their pangs.
4 Their young ones wax strong, they grow up in the open field; they go forth, and return not again.
Their young ones are safe, 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? Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
Who has sent forth the wild donkey free? Indeed, who opened the bands of the wild donkey?
6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling-place.
Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,
7 He scorneth the tumult of the city, neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.
He laughs at the multitude of a city, He does not hear the cries of an exactor.
8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
The range of mountains [is] his pasture, And he seeks after every green thing.
9 Will the wild-ox be willing to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?
Is a wild ox willing to serve you? Does he lodge by your crib?
10 Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys 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 him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
Do you trust in him because his power [is] great? And do you leave your labor to him?
12 Wilt thou rely on him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather the corn of thy threshing-floor?
Do you trust in him That he brings back your seed, And gathers [it to] your threshing-floor?
13 The wing of the ostrich beateth joyously; but are her pinions and feathers the kindly stork's?
[The] wing of the crying ostriches exults, but as a pinion and feather of a stork?
14 For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
For she leaves her eggs on the earth, And she warms them on the dust,
15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may trample them.
And she forgets that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field treads it down.
16 She is hardened against her young ones, as if they were not hers; though her labour be in vain, she is without fear;
It has hardened her young ones without her, Her labor [is] in vain, without fear.
17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath He imparted to her understanding.
For God has caused her to forget wisdom, And He has not given a portion To her in understanding;
18 When the time cometh, she raiseth her wings on high, and scorneth 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 given the horse his strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with fierceness?
Do you give might to the horse? Do you clothe his neck [with] a mane?
20 Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible.
Do you cause him to rush as a locust? The splendor of his snorting [is] terrible.
21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength; he goeth out to meet the clash of arms.
They dig in a valley, and he rejoices in power, He goes forth to meet the armor.
22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
He laughs at fear, and is not frightened, And he does not turn back from the face of the sword.
23 The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.
Quiver rattles against him, The flame of a spear, and a javelin.
24 He swalloweth the ground with storm and rage; neither believeth he that it is the voice of the horn.
He swallows the ground with trembling and rage, And does not remain steadfast Because of the sound of a horn.
25 As oft as he heareth the horn he saith: 'Ha, ha!' and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Among the horns he says, Aha, And from afar he smells battle, Roaring of princes and shouting.
26 Doth the hawk soar by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
By your understanding does a hawk fly? Does he spread his wings to the south?
27 Doth the vulture mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
At your command does an eagle go up high? Or lift up his nest?
28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the stronghold.
He inhabits a rock, Indeed, he lodges on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.
29 From thence she spieth out the prey; her eyes behold it afar off.
From there he has sought food, His eyes look attentively to a far-off place,
30 Her young ones also suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is she.
And his brood sucks up blood, And where the pierced [are]—there [is] he!”
