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?
Hast thou known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? The bringing forth of hinds thou dost mark!
2 Canst thou number the months [that] they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
Thou dost number the months they fulfil? And thou hast 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, Their young ones they bring forth safely, Their pangs they cast forth.
4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
Safe are their young ones, 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 hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened?
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 doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not.
8 The range of the mountains [is] his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
The range of mountains [is] his pasture, And after every green thing he seeketh.
9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
Is a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib?
10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow [with] his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?
11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength [is] great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
Dost thou trust in him because great [is] his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour?
12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather [it into] thy barn?
Dost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And [to] thy threshing-floor doth gather [it]?
13 [Gavest thou] the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.
14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
For she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them,
15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down.
16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though [they were] not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain [is] her labour without fear.
17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath 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 on high she lifteth herself up, She laugheth at the horse and at his rider.
19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
Dost thou give to the horse might? Dost thou clothe his neck [with] a mane?
20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils [is] terrible.
Dost thou cause him to rush as a locust? The majesty 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 rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour.
22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted, And he turneth not back from the face of the sword.
23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
Against him rattle doth quiver, The flame of a spear, and a halbert.
24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that [it is] the sound of the trumpet.
With trembling and rage he swalloweth the ground, And remaineth not stedfast Because of the sound of a trumpet.
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 trumpets he saith, Aha, And from afar he doth smell battle, Roaring of princes and shouting.
26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, [and] stretch her wings toward the south?
By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?
27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest?
28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
A rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.
29 From thence she seeketh the prey, [and] her eyes behold afar off.
From thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively,
30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain [are], there [is] she.
And his brood gulp up blood, And where the pierced [are] — there [is] he!
