Job 39

1 “Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the deer gives birth to her fawn?

2 Do you count the months until they give birth and know the right time for them to give birth?

3 They lie down, their young are born, and then the pain of giving birth is over.

4 Their young ones grow big and strong in the wild country. Then they leave their homes and do not return.

5 “Who let the wild donkey go free? Who untied its ropes?

6 I am the one who gave the donkey the desert as its home; I gave it the desert lands as a place to live.

7 The wild donkey laughs at the confusion in the city, and it does not hear the drivers shout.

8 It roams the hills looking for pasture, looking for anything green to eat.

9 “Will the wild ox agree to serve you and stay by your feeding box at night?

10 Can you hold it to the plowed row with a harness so it will plow the valleys for you?

11 Will you depend on the wild ox for its great strength and leave your heavy work for it to do?

12 Can you trust the ox to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?

13 “The wings of the ostrich flap happily, but they are not like the feathers of the stork.

14 The ostrich lays its eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.

15 It does not stop to think that a foot might step on them and crush them; it does not care that some animal might walk on them.

16 The ostrich is cruel to its young, as if they were not even its own. It does not care that its work is for nothing,

17 because God did not give the ostrich wisdom; God did not give it a share of good sense.

18 But when the ostrich gets up to run, it is so fast that it laughs at the horse and its rider.

19 “Job, are you the one who gives the horse its strength or puts a flowing mane on its neck?

20 Do you make the horse jump like a locust? It scares people with its proud snorting.

21 It paws wildly, enjoying its strength, and charges into battle.

22 It laughs at fear and is afraid of nothing; it does not run away from the sword.

23 The bag of arrows rattles against the horse’s side, along with the flashing spears and swords.

24 With great excitement, the horse races over the ground; and it cannot stand still when it hears the trumpet.

25 When the trumpet blows, the horse snorts, ‘Aha!’ It smells the battle from far away; it hears the shouts of commanders and the battle cry.

26 “Is it through your wisdom that the hawk flies and spreads its wings toward the south?

27 Are you the one that commands the eagle to fly and build its nest so high?

28 It lives on a high cliff and stays there at night; the rocky peak is its protected place.

29 From there it looks for its food; its eyes can see it from far away.
30 Its young eat blood, and where there is something dead, the eagle is there.”

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.”