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?
Do thou know the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Or can thou mark when the hinds do calve?
2 Canst thou number the months [that] they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
Can thou number the months that they fulfill? Or do thou know the time when they bring forth?
3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
They bow themselves. They bring forth their young. They cast out their pains.
4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go forth, and return not again.
5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
Who has sent out the wild donkey free? Or who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey
6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling-place?
7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shoutings of the driver.
8 The range of the mountains [is] his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.
9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?
10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Can thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength [is] great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
Will thou trust him because his strength is great? Or will thou leave to him thy labor?
12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather [it into] thy barn?
Will thou confide in him that he will bring home thy seed, and gather the grain of thy threshing-floor?
13 [Gavest thou] the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the pinions and plumage of love?
14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
For she leaves her eggs on the ground, and warms them in the dust.
15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
And she forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may trample them.
16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though [they were] not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
She deals hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor be in vain, she is without fear,
17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
because God has deprived her of wisdom, nor has he imparted understanding to her.
18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
The time she lifts up herself on high she scorns the horse and his rider.
19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
Have thou given the horse his might? Have thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?
20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils [is] terrible.
Have thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.
21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men.
22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed. Neither does he turn back from the sword.
23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin.
24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that [it is] the sound of the trumpet.
He swallows the ground with fierceness and rage, nor does he believe that it is the voice of the trumpet.
25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
As often as the trumpet sounds he says, Aha! And he smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, [and] stretch her wings toward the south?
Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?
27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
Is it at thy command that the eagle mounts up, and makes her nest on high?
28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
She dwells on the cliff, and makes her home upon the point of the cliff and the stronghold.
29 From thence she seeketh the prey, [and] her eyes behold afar off.
From there she spies out the prey. Her eyes behold it afar off.
30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain [are], there [is] she.
Her young ones also suck up blood. And where the slain are, there is she.
