Job 39
1 Hast thou known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? The bringing forth of hinds thou dost mark!
Know you the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or can you mark when the hinds do calve?
2 Thou dost number the months they fulfil? And thou hast known the time of their bringing forth!
Can you number the months that they fulfill? or know you the time when they bring forth?
3 They bow down, Their young ones they bring forth safely, Their pangs they cast forth.
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
4 Safe are their young ones, They grow up in the field, they have gone out, And have not returned to them.
Their young ones are in good looking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
5 Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened?
Who has sent out the wild ass free? or who has loosed the bands of the wild ass?
6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,
Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
7 He doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not.
He scorns the multitude of the city, neither regards he the crying of the driver.
8 The range of mountains [is] his pasture, And after every green thing he seeketh.
The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.
9 Is a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib?
Will the unicorn (ox) be willing to serve you, or abide by your crib?
10 Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow [with] his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?
Can you bind the unicorn (ox) with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after you?
11 Dost thou trust in him because great [is] his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour?
Will you trust him, because his strength is great? or will you leave your labour to him?
12 Dost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And [to] thy threshing-floor doth gather [it]?
Will you believe him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather it into your barn?
13 The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.
Gave you the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
14 For she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them,
Which left her eggs in the earth, and warms them in dust,
15 And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down.
And forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
16 Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain [is] her labour without fear.
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: her labour is in vain without fear;
17 For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her in understanding:
Because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.
18 At the time on high she lifteth herself up, She laugheth at the horse and at his rider.
What time she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.
19 Dost thou give to the horse might? Dost thou clothe his neck [with] a mane?
Have you given the horse strength? have you clothed his neck with thunder?
20 Dost thou cause him to rush as a locust? The majesty of his snorting [is] terrible.
Can you make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
21 They dig in a valley, and he rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour.
He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength: he goes on to meet the armed men.
22 He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted, And he turneth not back from the face of the sword.
He mocks at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turns he back from the sword.
23 Against him rattle doth quiver, The flame of a spear, and a halbert.
The quiver rattles against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
24 With trembling and rage he swalloweth the ground, And remaineth not stedfast Because of the sound of a trumpet.
He swallows the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believes he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
25 Among the trumpets he saith, Aha, And from afar he doth smell battle, Roaring of princes and shouting.
He says among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smells the battle far off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26 By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?
Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
27 At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest?
Does the eagle mount up at your command, and make her nest on high?
28 A rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.
She dwells and abides on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
29 From thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively,
From thence she seeks the prey, and her eyes behold far off.
30 And his brood gulp up blood, And where the pierced [are] — there [is] he!
Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
