Job 39
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1“Do you know the time when the wild mountain goats bear young? Or can you mark when the deer gives birth?1“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?
2Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they bear young?2Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?
3They bow down, They bring forth their young, They deliver their offspring.3They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn.
4Their young ones are healthy, They grow strong with grain; They depart and do not return to them.4Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.
5“Who set the wild donkey free? Who loosed the bonds of the onager,5Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?
6Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the barren land his dwelling?6I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.
7He scorns the tumult of the city; He does not heed the shouts of the driver.7He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
8The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searches after every green thing.8He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.
9“Will the wild ox be willing to serve you? Will he bed by your manger?9Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
10Can you bind the wild ox in the furrow with ropes? Or will he plow the valleys behind you?10Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
11Will you trust him because his strength is great? Or will you leave your labor to him?11Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?
12Will you trust him to bring home your grain, And gather it to your threshing floor?12Can you trust him to bring in 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 stork’s?13The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.
14For she leaves her eggs on the ground, And warms them in the dust;14For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.
15She forgets that a foot may crush them, Or that a wild beast may break them.15She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.
16She treats her young harshly, as though they were not hers; Her labor is in vain, without concern,16She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.
17Because God deprived her of wisdom, And did not endow her with understanding.17For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.
18When she lifts herself on high, She scorns the horse and its rider.18Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
19“Have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck with thunder?19Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?
20Can you frighten him like a locust? His majestic snorting strikes terror.20Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?
21He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength; He gallops into the clash of arms.21He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.
22He mocks at fear, and is not frightened; Nor does he turn back from the sword.22He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.
23The quiver rattles against him, The glittering spear and javelin.23A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance.
24He devours the distance with fierceness and rage; Nor does he come to a halt because the trumpet has sounded.24Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.
25At the blast of the trumpet he says, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle from afar, The thunder of captains and shouting.25At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar—the shouts of captains and the cry of war.
26“Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, And spread its wings toward the south?26Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?
27Does the eagle mount up at your command, And make its nest on high?27Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?
28On the rock it dwells and resides, On the crag of the rock and the stronghold.28He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.
29From there it spies out the prey; Its eyes observe from afar.29From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.
30Its young ones suck up blood; And where the slain are, there it is.30His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”
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