איוב 39

1 הֲיָדַעְתָּ עֵת לֶדֶת יַעֲלֵי־סָלַע חֹלֵל אַיָּלוֹת תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃

¿ Do you know [the] time of [the] bringing forth of mountain goats of rock [the] giving birth of does do you watch?

2 תִּסְפֹּר יְרָחִים תְּמַלֶּאנָה וְיָדַעְתָּ עֵת לִדְתָּֽנָה׃

Will you count? [the] months [which] they complete and do you know? [the] time of bringing forth they.

3 תִּכְרַעְנָה יַלְדֵיהֶן תְּפַלַּחְנָה חֶבְלֵיהֶם תְּשַׁלַּֽחְנָה׃

They kneel down young their they cleave open labor-pains their they send forth.

4 יַחְלְמוּ בְנֵיהֶם יִרְבּוּ בַבָּר יָצְאוּ וְלֹא־שָׁבוּ לָֽמוֹ׃

They become strong young their they grow in the open they go forth and not they return to them.

5 מִֽי־שִׁלַּח פֶּרֶא חָפְשִׁי וּמֹסְרוֹת עָרוֹד מִי פִתֵּֽחַ׃

Who? did he let loose [the] wild donkey free and [the] fetters of [the] wild ass who? did he loosen.

6 אֲשֶׁר־שַׂמְתִּי עֲרָבָה בֵיתוֹ וּֽמִשְׁכְּנוֹתָיו מְלֵֽחָה׃

Which I appointed [the] desert plain home its and dwelling-places its [the] saltiness.

7 יִשְׂחַק לַהֲמוֹן קִרְיָה תְּשֻׁאוֹת נוֹגֵשׂ לֹא יִשְׁמָֽע׃

It laughs to [the] tumult of a town [the] shouting of a driver not it hears.

8 יְתוּר הָרִים מִרְעֵהוּ וְאַחַר כָּל־יָרוֹק יִדְרֽוֹשׁ׃

It explores mountains pasture its and after every green plant it searches.

9 הֲיֹאבֶה רֵּים עָבְדֶךָ אִם־יָלִין עַל־אֲבוּסֶֽךָ׃

¿ Is it willing a wild ox to serve you or? will it pass [the] night at feeding trough your.

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

¿ Will you bind [the] wild ox in a furrow rope its or? will it harrow valleys behind you.

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

¿ Will you trust in it for [is] great strength its so you may leave? to it toil your.

12 הֲתַאֲמִין בּוֹ כִּי־ישוב יָשִׁיב זַרְעֶךָ וְֽגָרְנְךָ יֶאֱסֹֽף׃

¿ Will you trust in it that (it will bring back *Q(K)*) seed your and threshing floor your it will gather.

13 כְּנַף־רְנָנִים נֶעֱלָסָה אִם־אֶבְרָה חֲסִידָה וְנֹצָֽה׃

[the] wing of Ostriches it flaps joyously if a pinion a stork and plumage.

14 כִּֽי־תַעֲזֹב לָאָרֶץ בֵּצֶיהָ וְֽעַל־עָפָר תְּחַמֵּֽם׃

For it abandons to the ground eggs its and on [the] dust it keeps [them] warm.

15 וַתִּשְׁכַּח כִּי־רֶגֶל תְּזוּרֶהָ וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה תְּדוּשֶֽׁהָ׃

And it has forgotten that a foot it will crush it and [the] animal of the field it will trample it.

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

It treats roughly young its to not [belonging] to it [is] to emptiness labor its not fear.

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

For he has made forget it God wisdom and not he gave a share to it in understanding.

18 כָּעֵת בַּמָּרוֹם תַּמְרִיא תִּֽשְׂחַק לַסּוּס וּלְרֹֽכְבֽוֹ׃

About the time on the height it flaps it laughs to the horse and to rider its.

19 הֲתִתֵּן לַסּוּס גְּבוּרָה הֲתַלְבִּישׁ צַוָּארוֹ רַעְמָֽה׃

¿ Do you give to the horse strength ¿ do you clothe neck its a mane.

20 הְֽתַרְעִישֶׁנּוּ כָּאַרְבֶּה הוֹד נַחְרוֹ אֵימָֽה׃

¿ Do you make leap it like locust [the] majesty of snorting its [is] terror.

21 יַחְפְּרוּ בָעֵמֶק וְיָשִׂישׂ בְּכֹחַ יֵצֵא לִקְרַאת־נָֽשֶׁק׃

They paw in the valley so it may rejoices in strength it goes forth to meet weaponry.

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

It laughs to fear and not it is dismayed and not it turns back from before a sword.

23 עָלָיו תִּרְנֶה אַשְׁפָּה לַהַב חֲנִית וְכִידֽוֹן׃

On it it rattles a quiver [the] blade of a spear and a javelin.

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

With shaking and excitement it swallows [the] ground and not it stands firm for [the] sound of a horn.

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

In [the] sufficiency of a horn - it says aha! and from a distance it smells battle [the] thunder of commanders and [the] battle-cry.

26 הֲ‍ֽמִבִּינָתְךָ יַֽאֲבֶר־נֵץ יִפְרֹשׂ כנפו כְּנָפָיו לְתֵימָֽן׃

¿ From understanding your does it soar a falcon does it spread out? (wings its *Q(K)*) to [the] south.

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

Or? on mouth your does it make high [its flight] an eagle and that it sets on high nest its.

28 סֶלַע יִשְׁכֹּן וְיִתְלֹנָן עַֽל־שֶׁן־סֶלַע וּמְצוּדָֽה׃

A rock it dwells and it may pass [the] night on [the] tooth of a rock and a stronghold.

29 מִשָּׁם חָֽפַר־אֹכֶל לְמֵרָחוֹק עֵינָיו יַבִּֽיטוּ׃

From there it spies out food from afar eyes its they look.

30 ואפרחו וְאֶפְרֹחָיו יְעַלְעוּ־דָם וּבַאֲשֶׁר חֲלָלִים שָׁם הֽוּא׃

(And young ones its *Q(K)*) they drink blood and at where [those] slain [are] [is] there it.