Job 39

1  "Do you know when the mountain goats give birth?
Do you observe the calving of the does?
2  Can you number the months that they fulfill,
and do you know the time when they give birth,
3  when they crouch, bring forth their offspring,
and are delivered of their young?
4  Their young ones become strong; they grow up in the open;
they go out and do not return to them.

5  "Who has let the wild donkey go free?
Who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,
6  to whom I have given the arid plain for his home
and the salt land for his dwelling place?
7  He scorns the tumult of the city;
he hears not the shouts of the driver.
8  He ranges the mountains as his pasture,
and he searches after every green thing.

9  "Is the wild ox willing to serve you?
Will he spend the night at your manger?
10  Can you bind him in the furrow with ropes,
or will he harrow the valleys after you?
11  Will you depend on him because his strength is great,
and will you leave to him your labor?
12  Do you have faith in him that he will return your grain
and gather it to your threshing floor?

13  "The wings of the ostrich wave proudly,
but are they the pinions and plumage of love?t
14  For she leaves her eggs to the earth
and lets them be warmed on the ground,
15  forgetting that a foot may crush them
and that the wild beast may trample them.
16  She deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers;
though her labor be in vain, yet she has no fear,
17  because God has made her forget wisdom
and given her no share in understanding.
18  When she rouses herself to flee,t
she laughs at the horse and his rider.

19  "Do you give the horse his might?
Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
20  Do you make him leap like the locust?
His majestic snorting is terrifying.
21  He pawst in the valley and exults in his strength;
he goes out to meet the weapons.
22  He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;
he does not turn back from the sword.
23  Upon him rattle the quiver,
the flashing spear, and the javelin.
24  With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground;
he cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
25  When the trumpet sounds, he says 'Aha!'
He smells the battle from afar,
the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

26  "Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars
and spreads his wings toward the south?
27  Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up
and makes his nest on high?
28  On the rock he dwells and makes his home,
on the rocky crag and stronghold.
29  From there he spies out the prey;
his eyes behold it from far away.
30  His young ones suck up blood,
and where the slain are, there is he."

Job 39

1 “Are you acquainted with the wayt
the mountain goatst give birth?
Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young?

2 Do you count the months they must fulfill,
and do you know the time they give birth?t

3 They crouch, they bears their young,
they bring forth the offspring they have carried.t

4 Their young grow strong, and grow up in the open;t
they go off, and do not return to them.

5 Who let the wild donkey go free?
Who released the bonds of the donkey,

6 to whom I appointed the steppe for its home,
the salt wastes as its dwelling place?

7 It scorns the tumult in the town;
it does not hear the shouts of a driver.s

8 It ranges the hills as its pasture,
and searches after every green plant.

9 Is the wild ox willing to be your servant?
Will it spend the night at your feeding trough?

10 Can you bind the wild oxt to a furrow with its rope,
will it till the valleys, following after you?

11 Will you rely on it because its strength is great?
Will you committ your labor to it?

12 Can you count ont it to bring ins your grain,t
and gather the graint to your threshing floor?t

13 s “The wings of the ostricht flap with joy,t
but are they the pinions and plumage of a stork?t

14 For she leavest her eggs on the ground,
and lets them be warmed on the soil.

15 She forgets that a foot might crush them,
or that a wild animalt might trample them.

16 She is harshs with her young,
as if they were not hers;
she is unconcerned
about the uselessness of her labor.

17 For God deprived her of wisdom,
and did not impart understanding to her.

18 But as soon as she springs up,t
she laughs at the horse and its rider.

19 “Do you give the horse its strength?
Do you clothe its neck with a mane?t

20 Do you make it leaps like a locust?
Its proud neighingt is terrifying!

21 Its paws the ground in the valley,t
exulting mightily,t
it goes out to meet the weapons.

22 It laughs at fear and is not dismayed;
it does not shy away from the sword.

23 On it the quiver rattles;
the lance and javelint flash.

24 In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground;t
it cannot stand stillt when the trumpet is blown.

25 At the sound of the trumpet, it says, ‘Aha!’
And from a distance it catches the scent of battle,
the thunderous shouting of commanders,
and the battle cries.

26 “Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars,t
and spreads its wings toward the south?

27 Is it at your commandt that the eagle soars,
and builds its nest on high?

28 It lives on a rock and spends the night there,
on a rocky cragt and a fortress.t

29 From there it spotst its prey,t
its eyes gaze intently from a distance.

30 And its young ones devour the blood,
and where the dead carcassest are,
there it is.”