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 observe when the hinds are in labor?
2 Do you number the months they fulfill? And have you known the time of their bringing forth?
Canst thou number the months they fulfill, And know the season 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 forth 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 are strong; they grow up in the fields; They go away, and return not to them.
5 Who has sent forth the wild donkey free? Indeed, who opened the bands of the wild donkey?
Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass,
6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,
To whom I have given the wilderness for his house, And the barren land for 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, And heedeth not the shouting 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; He seeketh after every green thing,
9 Is a wild ox willing to serve you? Does he lodge by your crib?
Will the wild-ox consent to serve thee? Will he pass the night at 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 the harness to 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 rely upon him because his strength is great, And commit 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 trust him to bring home thy grain, And gather in thy harvest?
13 [The] wing of the crying ostriches exults, but as a pinion and feather of a stork?
The wing of the ostrich moveth joyfully; But is it with loving pinion and feathers?
14 For she leaves her eggs on the earth, And she warms them on the dust,
Nay, she layeth her eggs on the ground; She 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, And 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 cruel to her young, as if they were not hers; Her labor is in vain, yet she feareth not;
17 For God has caused her to forget wisdom, And He has not given a portion To her in understanding;
Because God hath denied her wisdom, And hath not given her understanding.
18 At the time she lifts herself up on high, She laughs at the horse and his rider.
Yet when she lasheth herself up on high, She laugheth at 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 strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with his trembling mane?
20 Do you cause him to rush as a locust? The splendor of his snorting [is] terrible.
Hast thou taught him to bound like the locust? How majestic his snorting! how terrible!
21 They dig in a valley, and he rejoices in power, He goes forth to meet the armor.
He paweth in the valley; he exulteth in his strength, And rusheth into the midst of arms.
22 He laughs at fear, and is not frightened, And he does not turn back from the face of the sword.
He laugheth at fear; he trembleth not, And turneth not back from the sword.
23 Quiver rattles against him, The flame of a spear, and a javelin.
Against him rattle the quiver, The flaming spear, and the lance.
24 He swallows the ground with trembling and rage, And does not remain steadfast Because of the sound of a horn.
With rage and fury he devoureth the ground; He will not believe that the trumpet soundeth.
25 Among the horns he says, Aha, And from afar he smells battle, Roaring of princes and shouting.
At every blast of the trumpet, he saith, Aha! And snuffeth the battle afar off, —The thunder of the captains, and the war-shout.
26 By your understanding does a hawk fly? Does he spread his wings to the south?
Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk flieth, And spreadeth his wings toward the south?
27 At your command does an eagle go up high? Or lift up his nest?
Doth the eagle soar at thy command, And build his nest on high?
28 He inhabits a rock, Indeed, he lodges on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.
He dwelleth and lodgeth upon the rock, Upon the peak of the rock, and the stronghold.
29 From there he has sought food, His eyes look attentively to a far-off place,
From thence he spieth out prey; His eyes discern it from afar.
30 And his brood sucks up blood, And where the pierced [are]—there [is] he!”
His young ones suck up blood; And where the slain are, there is he.
