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?
“Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?
2 Do you number the months they fulfill? And have you known the time of their bringing forth?
Can you count the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?
3 They bow down, They bring forth their young ones safely, They cast forth their pangs.
They bow themselves. They bear their young. They end their labor 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 out, and don’t return again.
5 Who has sent forth the wild donkey free? Indeed, who opened the bands of the wild donkey?
“Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,
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 scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear 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 searches 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 you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?
10 Do you bind a wild ox in a furrow [with] his thick band? Does he harrow valleys after you?
Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till 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 to him your labor?
12 Do you trust in him That he brings back your seed, And gathers [it to] your threshing-floor?
Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your 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 feathers and plumage of love?
14 For she leaves her eggs on the earth, And she warms them on the dust,
For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the 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 animal may trample them.
16 It has hardened her young ones without her, Her labor [is] in vain, without fear.
She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is 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 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.
When 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 might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?
20 Do you cause him to rush as a locust? The splendor of his snorting [is] terrible.
Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.
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 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 mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword.
23 Quiver rattles against him, The flame of a spear, and a javelin.
The quiver rattles 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 eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
25 Among the horns he says, Aha, And from afar he smells battle, Roaring of princes and shouting.
As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, ‘Aha!’ He smells 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 your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?
27 At your command does an eagle go up high? Or lift up his nest?
Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?
28 He inhabits a rock, Indeed, he lodges on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.
On the cliff he dwells and makes his home, on 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 there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.
30 And his brood sucks up blood, And where the pierced [are]—there [is] he!”
His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is.”
