Job 39

¹ Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? ² Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? ³ They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They cast out their pains. ⁴ Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; return not again. ⁵ Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass, ⁶ Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place? ⁷ He scorneth the tumult of the city, driver. ⁸ The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing. ⁹ Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib? ¹⁰ Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee? ¹¹ Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor? ¹² Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, the grain of thy threshing-floor? ¹³ The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the pinions and plumage of love? ¹⁴ For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, ¹⁵ And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them. ¹⁶ She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: she is without fear; ¹⁷ Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding. ¹⁸ What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider. ¹⁹ Hast thou given the horse his might? quivering mane? ²⁰ Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible. ²¹ __a__FOOTNOTE__a__ Job 39:21 Hebrew They paw. __b__FOOTNOTE__b__ He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: __a__FOOTNOTE__a__ Job 39:21 Or, the weapons __b__FOOTNOTE__b__ the armed men. ²² He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither turneth he back from the sword. ²³ The quiver rattleth against him, The flashing spear and the javelin. ²⁴ He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet. ²⁵ As oft as the trumpet soundeth he saith, Aha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting. ²⁶ Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, And stretcheth her wings toward the south? ²⁷ Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high? ²⁸ On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold. ²⁹ From thence she spieth out the prey; Her eyes behold it afar off. ³⁰ Her young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she.