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 ones, they cast out their sorrows.
They bow down, They bring forth their young ones safely, They cast forth their pangs.
4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto 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 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 barren land his dwellings.
Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,
7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying 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 unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
Is a wild ox willing to serve you? Does he lodge by your crib?
10 Canst thou bind the unicorn 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 believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather [it into] thy barn?
Do you trust in him That he brings back your seed, And gathers [it to] your threshing-floor?
13 [Gavest thou] the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
[The] wing of the crying ostriches exults, but as a pinion and feather of a stork?
14 Which leaveth her eggs in 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 break 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 though [they were] not hers: her labour is in vain 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 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she 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 strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
Do you give might to the horse? Do you clothe his neck [with] a mane?
20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils [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 on to meet the armed men.
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 against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
Quiver rattles against him, The flame of a spear, and a 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 trembling and rage, And does not remain steadfast Because of the sound of a horn.
25 He saith among the trumpets, 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 fly 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 eagle 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 strong place.
He inhabits a rock, Indeed, he lodges on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.
29 From thence she seeketh the prey, [and] her eyes behold 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!”
