איוב 39

1 הֲיָדַעְתָּ עֵת לֶדֶת יַעֲלֵי־סָלַע חֹלֵל אַיָּלוֹת תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃

[Say] if you know the time of the bringing forth of the wild goats of the rock, and [if] you have marked the calving of the hinds:

2 תִּסְפֹּר יְרָחִים תְּמַלֶּאנָה וְיָדַעְתָּ עֵת לִדְתָּֽנָה׃

and [if] you has have numbered the full months of their being with young, and [if] you have relieved their pangs:

3 תִּכְרַעְנָה יַלְדֵיהֶן תְּפַלַּחְנָה חֶבְלֵיהֶם תְּשַׁלַּֽחְנָה׃

and have reared their young without fear; and will you loosen their pangs?

4 יַחְלְמוּ בְנֵיהֶם יִרְבּוּ בַבָּר יָצְאוּ וְלֹא־שָׁבוּ לָֽמוֹ׃

Their young will break forth; they will be multiplied with offspring: [their young] will go forth, and will not return to them.

5 מִֽי־שִׁלַּח פֶּרֶא חָפְשִׁי וּמֹסְרוֹת עָרוֹד מִי פִתֵּֽחַ׃

And who is he that sent forth the wild ass free? and who loosed his bands?

6 אֲשֶׁר־שַׂמְתִּי עֲרָבָה בֵיתוֹ וּֽמִשְׁכְּנוֹתָיו מְלֵֽחָה׃

whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, and the salt land his coverts.

7 יִשְׂחַק לַהֲמוֹן קִרְיָה תְּשֻׁאוֹת נוֹגֵשׂ לֹא יִשְׁמָֽע׃

He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, and hears not the chiding of the tax-gatherer.

8 יְתוּר הָרִים מִרְעֵהוּ וְאַחַר כָּל־יָרוֹק יִדְרֽוֹשׁ׃

He will survey the mountains [as] his pasture, and he seeks after every green thing.

9 הֲיֹאבֶה רֵּים עָבְדֶךָ אִם־יָלִין עַל־אֲבוּסֶֽךָ׃

And will the unicorn be willing to serve you, or to lie down at your manger?

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

And will you bind his yoke with thongs, or will he plow furrows for you in the plain?

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

And do you trust him, because his strength is great? and will you commit your works to him?

12 הֲתַאֲמִין בּוֹ כִּי־ישוב יָשִׁיב זַרְעֶךָ וְֽגָרְנְךָ יֶאֱסֹֽף׃

And will you believe that he will return to you your seed, and bring [it] in [to] your threshing floor?

13 כְּנַף־רְנָנִים נֶעֱלָסָה אִם־אֶבְרָה חֲסִידָה וְנֹצָֽה׃

The peacock has a beautiful wing: if the stork and the ostrich conceive, [it is worthy of notice],

14 כִּֽי־תַעֲזֹב לָאָרֶץ בֵּצֶיהָ וְֽעַל־עָפָר תְּחַמֵּֽם׃

for [the ostrich] will leave her eggs in the ground, and warm them on the dust,

15 וַתִּשְׁכַּח כִּי־רֶגֶל תְּזוּרֶהָ וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה תְּדוּשֶֽׁהָ׃

and has forgotten that the foot will scatter them, and the wild beasts of the field trample them.

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

She has hardened [herself] against her young ones, as though [she bereaved] not herself: she labors in vain without fear.

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

For God has withholden wisdom from her, and not given her a portion in understanding.

18 כָּעֵת בַּמָּרוֹם תַּמְרִיא תִּֽשְׂחַק לַסּוּס וּלְרֹֽכְבֽוֹ׃

In her season she will lift herself on high; she will scorn the horse and his rider.

19 הֲתִתֵּן לַסּוּס גְּבוּרָה הֲתַלְבִּישׁ צַוָּארוֹ רַעְמָֽה׃

Hast you invested the horse with strength, and clothed his neck with terror?

20 הְֽתַרְעִישֶׁנּוּ כָּאַרְבֶּה הוֹד נַחְרוֹ אֵימָֽה׃

And have you clad him in perfect armor, and made his breast glorious with courage?

21 יַחְפְּרוּ בָעֵמֶק וְיָשִׂישׂ בְּכֹחַ יֵצֵא לִקְרַאת־נָֽשֶׁק׃

He paws exulting in the plain, and goes forth in strength into the plain.

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

He laughs to scorn a king as he meets him, and will by no means turn back from the sword.

23 עָלָיו תִּרְנֶה אַשְׁפָּה לַהַב חֲנִית וְכִידֽוֹן׃

The bow and sword resound against him; and [his] rage will swallow up the ground:

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

and he will not believe until the trumpet sounds.

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

And when the trumpet sounds, he says, Aha! and afar off he smells the war with prancing and neighing.

26 הֲ‍ֽמִבִּינָתְךָ יַֽאֲבֶר־נֵץ יִפְרֹשׂ כנפו כְּנָפָיו לְתֵימָֽן׃

And does the hawk remain steady by your wisdom, having spread out her wings unmoved, looking toward the region of the south?

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

And does the eagle rise at your command, and the vulture remain sitting over his nest,

28 סֶלַע יִשְׁכֹּן וְיִתְלֹנָן עַֽל־שֶׁן־סֶלַע וּמְצוּדָֽה׃

on a crag of a rock, and in a secret [place]?

29 מִשָּׁם חָֽפַר־אֹכֶל לְמֵרָחוֹק עֵינָיו יַבִּֽיטוּ׃

Thence he seeks food, his eyes observe from far.

30 ואפרחו וְאֶפְרֹחָיו יְעַלְעוּ־דָם וּבַאֲשֶׁר חֲלָלִים שָׁם הֽוּא׃

And his young ones roll themselves in blood, and wherever the carcasses may be, immediately they are found.