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 fulfill? 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, 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 in the open field; they go forth, and return not again,
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 salt land his dwelling place.
Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,
7 He scorneth the tumult of the city, neither heareth he the shoutings 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 wild-ox be content to serve thee? or will he abide by thy crib?
Is a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib?
10 Canst thou bind the wild-ox 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 to him thy labour?
Dost thou trust in him because great [is] his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour?
12 Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather [the corn of] thy threshingfloor?
Dost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And [to] thy threshing-floor doth gather [it]?
13 The wing of the ostrich rejoiceth, [but] are her pinions and feathers kindly?
The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.
14 For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, and warmeth them in the 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 trample 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 if they were not hers: though her labour be in vain, [she is] 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 [his] might? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?
Dost thou give to the horse might? Dost thou clothe his neck [with] a mane?
20 Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? the glory of his snorting 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 out 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 dismayed; 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 flashing spear and the javelin.
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 voice of the trumpet.
With trembling and rage he swalloweth the ground, And remaineth not stedfast Because of the sound of a trumpet.
25 As oft as the trumpet [soundeth] he saith, Aha! 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 soar 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 on the rock, and hath her lodging [there], upon the crag of the rock, and the strong hold.
A rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.
29 From thence she spieth out the prey; her eyes behold it 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!
