Job 39
1 Knowest thou the season when the Wild Goats of the crags beget? The bringing forth of the hinds, canst thou observe?
Hast thou known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? The bringing forth of hinds thou dost mark!
2 Canst thou count the months they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they give birth?
Thou dost number the months they fulfil? And thou hast known the time of their bringing forth!
3 They kneel down, their young, they bring forth; their pains, they throw off;
They bow down, Their young ones they bring forth safely, Their pangs they cast forth.
4 Their young become strong, they grow up in the open field, they go out, and return not unto them.
Safe are their young ones, They grow up in the field, they have gone out, And have not returned to them.
5 Who hath sent forth the Wild Ass free? And, the bands of the swift-runner, who hath loosed?
Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened?
6 Whose house I have made the waste plain, and his dwellings, the land of salt:
Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,
7 He laugheth at the throng of the city, The shoutings of the driver, he heareth not;
He doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not.
8 He espieth the mountains, his pasture-ground, and, after every green thing, maketh search.
The range of mountains [is] his pasture, And after every green thing he seeketh.
9 Will the Wild-Ox be pleased to be thy servant? or lodge for the night by thy crib?
Is a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib?
10 Canst thou bind the wild-ox, so that—with the ridge—shall run his cord? Or will he harrow the furrows after thee?
Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow [with] his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?
11 Wilt thou trust in him, because of the greatness of his strength? Wilt thou leave unto him thy toil?
Dost thou trust in him because great [is] his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour?
12 Wilt thou put faith in him, that he will bring back thy seed? and that, corn for thy threshing-floor, he will gather?
Dost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And [to] thy threshing-floor doth gather [it]?
13 The wing of the Ostrich that waveth itself joyfully, Is it the pinion of lovingkindness or the plumage?
The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.
14 For she leaveth—to the earth—her eggs, and, on the dust, she letteth them be warmed;
For she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them,
15 And hath forgotten, that, a foot, may crush them, —or, the wild beast, tread on them!
And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down.
16 Dealing hardly with her young, as none-of-hers, In vain, her labour, without dread.
Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain [is] her labour without fear.
17 For GOD hath suffered her to forget wisdom, and given her no share in understanding.
For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her in understanding:
18 What time, on high, she vibrateth her wings, she laugheth at the horse and his rider.
At the time on high she lifteth herself up, She laugheth at the horse and at his rider.
19 Couldst thou give—to the Horse—strength? Couldst thou clothe his neck with the quivering mane?
Dost thou give to the horse might? Dost thou clothe his neck [with] a mane?
20 Couldst thou cause him to leap like a locust? The majesty of his snort, is a terror!
Dost thou cause him to rush as a locust? The majesty of his snorting [is] terrible.
21 He diggeth into the plain, and rejoiceth in vigour, he goeth forth to meet armour;
They dig in a valley, and he rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour.
22 He laugheth at dread, and is not dismayed, neither turneth he back, from the face of the sword;
He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted, And he turneth not back from the face of the sword.
23 Against him, whiz [the arrows of] the quiver, the flashing head of spear and javelin;
Against him rattle doth quiver, The flame of a spear, and a halbert.
24 With stamping and rage, he drinketh up the ground, —he will not stand still when the horn soundeth;
With trembling and rage he swalloweth the ground, And remaineth not stedfast Because of the sound of a trumpet.
25 As oft as the horn soundeth, he saith, Aha! And, from afar, he scenteth the battle, —the thunder of commanders and the war-cry.
Among the trumpets he saith, Aha, And from afar he doth smell battle, Roaring of princes and shouting.
26 Is it, by thine understanding, that the Bird of Passage betaketh him to his pinions? spreadeth out his wings to the south?
By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?
27 Or, at thy bidding, that the Eagle mounteth, and that he setteth on high his nest?
At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest?
28 The crag, he inhabiteth, and so lodgeth himself, on the tooth of the crag, and high fort;
A rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.
29 From thence, he searcheth out food, far away, his eyes do pierce;
From thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively,
30 And, his young brood, suck up blood, and, where the slain are, there, is he.
And his brood gulp up blood, And where the pierced [are] — there [is] he!
