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?
Whethir thou knowist the tyme of birthe of wielde geet in stoonys, ethir hast thou aspied hyndis bryngynge forth calues?
2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
Hast thou noumbrid the monethis of her conseyuyng, and hast thou knowe the tyme of her caluyng?
3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
Tho ben bowid to the calf, and caluen; and senden out roryngis.
4 Their young ones are become strong, they grow strong with grain; they go forth, and return not to them.
Her calues ben departid, and goen to pasture; tho goen out, and turnen not ayen to `tho hyndis.
5 Who hath sent out the wild donkey free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild donkey?
Who let go the wielde asse fre, and who loside the boondis of hym?
6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
To whom Y haue youe an hows in wildirnesse, and the tabernacles of hym in the lond of saltnesse.
7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
He dispisith the multitude of citee; he herith not the cry of an axere.
8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
He lokith aboute the hillis of his lesewe, and he sekith alle greene thingis.
9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
Whether an vnycorn schal wilne serue thee, ethir schal dwelle at thi cratche?
10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Whether thou schalt bynde the vnicorn with thi chayne, for to ere, ethir schal he breke the clottis of valeis aftir thee?
11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
Whether thou schalt haue trist in his grete strengthe, and schalt thou leeue to hym thi traueils?
12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
Whether thou schalt bileue to hym, that he schal yelde seed to thee, and schal gadere togidere thi cornfloor?
13 Gavest thou the goodly wings to the peacocks? or wings and feathers to the ostrich?
The fethere of an ostriche is lijk the fetheris of a gerfawcun, and of an hauk;
14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,
which ostrige forsakith hise eirun in the erthe, in hap thou schalt make tho hoot in the dust.
15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
He foryetith, that a foot tredith tho, ethir that a beeste of the feeld al tobrekith tho.
16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
He is maad hard to hise briddis, as if thei ben not hise; he traueilide in veyn, while no drede constreynede.
17 Because God hath withheld wisdom from her, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
For God hath priued hym fro wisdom, and `yaf not vnderstondyng to hym.
18 When she lifteth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
Whanne tyme is, he reisith the wengis an hiy; he scorneth the hors, and his ridere.
19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
Whether thou schalt yyue strengthe to an hors, ether schal yyue neiyng `aboute his necke?
20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
Whether thou schalt reyse hym as locustis? The glorie of hise nosethirlis is drede.
21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
He diggith erthe with the foot, he `fulli ioieth booldli; he goith ayens armed men.
22 He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; neither turneth he back from the sword.
He dispisith ferdfulnesse, and he yyueth not stide to swerd.
23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
An arowe caas schal sowne on hym; a spere and scheeld schal florische.
24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
He is hoot, and gnastith, and swolewith the erthe; and he arettith not that the crie of the trumpe sowneth.
25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Whanne he herith a clarioun, he `seith, Joie! he smellith batel afer; the excityng of duykis, and the yellyng of the oost.
26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
Whether an hauk spredinge abrood hise wyngis to the south, bigynneth to haue fetheris bi thi wisdom?
27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
Whether an egle schal be reisid at thi comaundement, and schal sette his nest in hiy places?
28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
He dwellith in stoonys, and he dwellith in flyntis brokun bifor, and in rochis, to whiche `me may not neiye.
29 From there she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
Fro thennus he biholdith mete, and hise iyen loken fro fer.
30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
Hise briddis souken blood, and where euere a careyn is, anoon he is present.
