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