איוב 39

1 הֲיָדַעְתָּ עֵת לֶדֶת יַעֲלֵי־סָלַע חֹלֵל אַיָּלוֹת תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? dost thou mark the calving of the hinds?

2 תִּסְפֹּר יְרָחִים תְּמַלֶּאנָה וְיָדַעְתָּ עֵת לִדְתָּֽנָה׃

Dost thou number the months that they fulfil? and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

3 תִּכְרַעְנָה יַלְדֵיהֶן תְּפַלַּחְנָה חֶבְלֵיהֶם תְּשַׁלַּֽחְנָה׃

They bow themselves, they give birth to their young ones, they cast out their pains;

4 יַחְלְמוּ בְנֵיהֶם יִרְבּוּ בַבָּר יָצְאוּ וְלֹא־שָׁבוּ לָֽמוֹ׃

Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field, they go forth, and return not unto them.

5 מִֽי־שִׁלַּח פֶּרֶא חָפְשִׁי וּמֹסְרוֹת עָרוֹד מִי פִתֵּֽחַ׃

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager,

6 אֲשֶׁר־שַׂמְתִּי עֲרָבָה בֵיתוֹ וּֽמִשְׁכְּנוֹתָיו מְלֵֽחָה׃

Whose house I made the wilderness, and the salt plain his dwellings?

7 יִשְׂחַק לַהֲמוֹן קִרְיָה תְּשֻׁאוֹת נוֹגֵשׂ לֹא יִשְׁמָֽע׃

He laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver;

8 יְתוּר הָרִים מִרְעֵהוּ וְאַחַר כָּל־יָרוֹק יִדְרֽוֹשׁ׃

The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

9 הֲיֹאבֶה רֵּים עָבְדֶךָ אִם־יָלִין עַל־אֲבוּסֶֽךָ׃

Will the buffalo be willing to serve thee, or will he lodge by thy crib?

10 הֲ‍ֽתִקְשָׁר־רֵים בְּתֶלֶם עֲבֹתוֹ אִם־יְשַׂדֵּד עֲמָקִים אַחֲרֶֽיךָ׃

Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

11 הֲֽתִבְטַח־בּוֹ כִּי־רַב כֹּחוֹ וְתַעֲזֹב אֵלָיו יְגִיעֶֽךָ׃

Wilt thou put confidence in him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

12 הֲתַאֲמִין בּוֹ כִּי־ישוב יָשִׁיב זַרְעֶךָ וְֽגָרְנְךָ יֶאֱסֹֽף׃

Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?

13 כְּנַף־רְנָנִים נֶעֱלָסָה אִם־אֶבְרָה חֲסִידָה וְנֹצָֽה׃

The wing of the ostrich beats joyously — But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?

14 כִּֽי־תַעֲזֹב לָאָרֶץ בֵּצֶיהָ וְֽעַל־עָפָר תְּחַמֵּֽם׃

For she leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,

15 וַתִּשְׁכַּח כִּי־רֶגֶל תְּזוּרֶהָ וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה תְּדוּשֶֽׁהָ׃

And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample them.

16 הִקְשִׁיחַ בָּנֶיהָ לְּלֹא־לָהּ לְרִיק יְגִיעָהּ בְּלִי־פָֽחַד׃

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern.

17 כִּֽי־הִשָּׁהּ אֱלוֹהַּ חָכְמָה וְלֹא־חָלַק לָהּ בַּבִּינָֽה׃

For God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.

18 כָּעֵת בַּמָּרוֹם תַּמְרִיא תִּֽשְׂחַק לַסּוּס וּלְרֹֽכְבֽוֹ׃

What time she lasheth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

19 הֲתִתֵּן לַסּוּס גְּבוּרָה הֲתַלְבִּישׁ צַוָּארוֹ רַעְמָֽה׃

Hast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?

20 הְֽתַרְעִישֶׁנּוּ כָּאַרְבֶּה הוֹד נַחְרוֹ אֵימָֽה׃

Dost thou make him to leap as a locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.

21 יַחְפְּרוּ בָעֵמֶק וְיָשִׂישׂ בְּכֹחַ יֵצֵא לִקְרַאת־נָֽשֶׁק׃

He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength; he goeth forth to meet the armed host.

22 יִשְׂחַק לְפַחַד וְלֹא יֵחָת וְלֹֽא־יָשׁוּב מִפְּנֵי־חָֽרֶב׃

He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from before the sword.

23 עָלָיו תִּרְנֶה אַשְׁפָּה לַהַב חֲנִית וְכִידֽוֹן׃

The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.

24 בְּרַעַשׁ וְרֹגֶז יְגַמֶּא־אָרֶץ וְלֹֽא־יַאֲמִין כִּי־קוֹל שׁוֹפָֽר׃

He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot contain himself at the sound of the trumpet:

25 בְּדֵי שֹׁפָר ׀ יֹאמַר הֶאָח וּֽמֵרָחוֹק יָרִיחַ מִלְחָמָה רַעַם שָׂרִים וּתְרוּעָֽה׃

At the noise of the trumpets he saith, Aha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

26 הֲ‍ֽמִבִּינָתְךָ יַֽאֲבֶר־נֵץ יִפְרֹשׂ כנפו כְּנָפָיו לְתֵימָֽן׃

Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, [and] stretch his wings toward the south?

27 אִם־עַל־פִּיךָ יַגְבִּיהַּ נָשֶׁר וְכִי יָרִים קִנּֽוֹ׃

Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make his nest on high?

28 סֶלַע יִשְׁכֹּן וְיִתְלֹנָן עַֽל־שֶׁן־סֶלַע וּמְצוּדָֽה׃

He inhabiteth the rock and maketh his dwelling on the point of the cliff, and the fastness:

29 מִשָּׁם חָֽפַר־אֹכֶל לְמֵרָחוֹק עֵינָיו יַבִּֽיטוּ׃

From thence he spieth out the prey, his eyes look into the distance;

30 ואפרחו וְאֶפְרֹחָיו יְעַלְעוּ־דָם וּבַאֲשֶׁר חֲלָלִים שָׁם הֽוּא׃

And his young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is he.