Job 39

1 Do you know the time when the wild mountain goats bear young? Or can you mark when the deer gives birth?2 Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they bear young?3 They bow down, They bring forth their young, They deliver their offspring.4 Their young ones are healthy, They grow strong with grain; They depart and do not return to them.5 Who set the wild donkey free? Who loosed the bonds of the onager,6 Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the barren land his dwelling?7 He scorns the tumult of the city; He does not heed the shouts of the driver.8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searches after every green thing.9 Will the wild ox be willing to serve you? Will he bed by your manger?10 Can you bind the wild ox in the furrow with ropes? Or will he plow the valleys behind you?11 Will you trust him because his strength is great? Or will you leave your labor to him?12 Will you trust him to bring home your grain, And gather it to your threshing floor?13 The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, But are her wings and pinions like the kindly storks?14 For she leaves her eggs on the ground, And warms them in the dust;15 She forgets that a foot may crush them, Or that a wild beast may break them.16 She treats her young harshly, as though they were not hers; Her labor is in vain, without concern,17 Because God deprived her of wisdom, And did not endow her with understanding.18 When she lifts herself on high, She scorns the horse and its rider.19 Have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck with thunder?20 Can you frighten him like a locust? His majestic snorting strikes terror.21 He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength; He gallops into the clash of arms.22 He mocks at fear, and is not frightened; Nor does he turn back from the sword.23 The quiver rattles against him, The glittering spear and javelin.24 He devours the distance with fierceness and rage; Nor does he come to a halt because the trumpet has sounded.25 At the blast of the trumpet he says, Aha! He smells the battle from afar, The thunder of captains and shouting.26 Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, And spread its wings toward the south?27 Does the eagle mount up at your command, And make its nest on high?28 On the rock it dwells and resides, On the crag of the rock and the stronghold.29 From there it spies out the prey; Its eyes observe from afar.30 Its young ones suck up blood; And where the slain are, there it is.

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.”