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?
Do you know at what time the wild goats in the rocks bear their young? Can you watch when the deer are having their fawns?
2 Canst thou number the months [that] they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
Can you count the months that they gestate? Do you know the time when they bear their young?
3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
They crouch down and birth their young, and then they finish their labor pains.
4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
Their young ones become strong and grow up in the open fields; they go out and do not come back again.
5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
Who let the wild donkey go free? Who has untied the bonds of the swift donkey,
6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
whose home I have made in the Arabah, his house in the salt land?
7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
He laughs in scorn at the noises in the city; he does not hear the driver's shouts.
8 The range of the mountains [is] his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
He roams over the mountains as his pastures; there he looks for every green plant to eat.
9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
Will the wild ox be happy to serve you? Will he consent to stay by your manger?
10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Can you use ropes to hold the wild ox in the furrows? Will he harrow the valleys as he follows after you?
11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength [is] great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
Will you trust him because his strength is great? Will you leave your work to him to do?
12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather [it into] thy barn?
Will you depend on him to bring your grain home, to gather the grain for your threshing floor?
13 [Gavest thou] the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the pinions and plumage of love?
14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
For she leaves her eggs on the earth, and she lets them keep warm in the dust;
15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
she forgets that a foot might crush them or that a wild beast might trample them.
16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though [they were] not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
She deals roughly with her young ones as if they were not hers; she does not fear that her labor might have been in vain,
17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
because God has deprived her of wisdom and has not given her any understanding.
18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
When she runs swiftly, she laughs in scorn at the horse and its rider.
19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
Have you given the horse his strength? Did you clothe his neck with his flowing mane?
20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils [is] terrible.
Have you ever made him jump like a locust? The majesty of his snorting is fearsome.
21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
He paws in might and rejoices in his strength; he rushes out to meet the weapons.
22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
He mocks fear and is not dismayed; he does not turn back from the sword.
23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
The quiver rattles against his flank, along with the flashing spear and the javelin.
24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that [it is] the sound of the trumpet.
He swallows up ground with fierceness and rage; at the trumpet's sound, he cannot stand in one place.
25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Whenever the trumpet sounds, he says, 'Aha!' He smells the battle from far away— the thunderous shouts of the commanders and the outcries.
26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, [and] stretch her wings toward the south?
Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, that he stretches out his wings for the south?
27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
Is it at your orders that the eagle mounts up and makes his nest in high places?
28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
He lives on cliffs and makes his home on the peaks of cliffs, a stronghold.
29 From thence she seeketh the prey, [and] her eyes behold afar off.
From there he searches for victims; his eyes see them from very far away.
30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain [are], there [is] she.
His young also drink up blood; where killed people are, there he is.”
