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?
Know you the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or can you mark when the hinds do calve?
2 Do you number the months they fulfill? And have you known the time of their bringing forth?
Can you number the months that they fulfill? or know you 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 ones, they cast out their sorrows.
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 are in good looking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
5 Who has sent forth the wild donkey free? Indeed, who opened the bands of the wild donkey?
Who has sent out the wild ass free? or who has loosed the bands of the wild ass?
6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,
Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
7 He laughs at the multitude of a city, He does not hear the cries of an exactor.
He scorns the multitude of the city, neither regards he the crying 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 searches after every green thing.
9 Is a wild ox willing to serve you? Does he lodge by your crib?
Will the unicorn (ox) be willing to serve you, or abide by your crib?
10 Do you bind a wild ox in a furrow [with] his thick band? Does he harrow valleys after you?
Can you bind the unicorn (ox) with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after you?
11 Do you trust in him because his power [is] great? And do you leave your labor to him?
Will you trust him, because his strength is great? or will you leave your labour to him?
12 Do you trust in him That he brings back your seed, And gathers [it to] your threshing-floor?
Will you believe him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather it into your barn?
13 [The] wing of the crying ostriches exults, but as a pinion and feather of a stork?
Gave you the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
14 For she leaves her eggs on the earth, And she warms them on the dust,
Which left her eggs in the earth, and warms them in dust,
15 And she forgets that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field treads it down.
And forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
16 It has hardened her young ones without her, Her labor [is] in vain, without fear.
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: her labour is in vain without fear;
17 For God has caused her to forget wisdom, And He has not given a portion To her in understanding;
Because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has 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 lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.
19 Do you give might to the horse? Do you clothe his neck [with] a mane?
Have you given the horse strength? have you clothed his neck with thunder?
20 Do you cause him to rush as a locust? The splendor of his snorting [is] terrible.
Can you make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
21 They dig in a valley, and he rejoices in power, He goes forth to meet the armor.
He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength: he goes on 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 mocks at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turns he back from the sword.
23 Quiver rattles against him, The flame of a spear, and a javelin.
The quiver rattles against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
24 He swallows the ground with trembling and rage, And does not remain steadfast Because of the sound of a horn.
He swallows the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believes he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
25 Among the horns he says, Aha, And from afar he smells battle, Roaring of princes and shouting.
He says among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smells the battle far 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?
Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
27 At your command does an eagle go up high? Or lift up his nest?
Does the eagle mount up at your command, and make her nest on high?
28 He inhabits a rock, Indeed, he lodges on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.
She dwells and abides on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
29 From there he has sought food, His eyes look attentively to a far-off place,
From thence she seeks the prey, and her eyes behold far 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.
