Job 39

1 Job 39:1 “Do you know the time the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the deer?

2 Job 39:2 “Can you count the months they fulfill, Or do you know the time they give birth?

3 Job 39:3 “They kneel down, they bring forth their young, They get rid of their labor pains.

4 Job 39:4 “Their offspring become strong, they grow up in the open field; They leave and do not return to them.

5 Job 39:5 “Who sent out the wild donkey free? And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,

6 Job 39:6 To whom I gave the wilderness for a home And the salt land for his dwelling place?

7 Job 39:7 “He scorns the tumult of the city, The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.

8 Job 39:8 “He explores the mountains for his pasture And searches after every green thing.

9 Job 39:9 “Will the wild ox consent to serve you, Or will he spend the night at your manger?

10 Job 39:10 “Can you bind the wild ox in a furrow with ropes, Or will he harrow the valleys after you?

11 Job 39:11 “Will you trust him because his strength is great And leave your labor to him?

12 Job 39:12 “Will you have faith in him that he will return your grain And gather it from your threshing floor?

13 Job 39:13 “The ostriches’ wings flap joyously With the pinion and plumage of love,

14 Job 39:14 For she abandons her eggs to the earth And warms them in the dust,

15 Job 39:15 And she forgets that a foot may crush them, Or that a wild beast may trample them.

16 Job 39:16 “She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers; Though her labor be in vain, she is unconcerned;

17 Job 39:17 Because God has made her forget wisdom, And has not given her a share of understanding.

18 Job 39:18 “When she lifts herself on high, She laughs at the horse and his rider.

19 Job 39:19 “Do you give the horse his might? Do you clothe his neck with a mane?

20 Job 39:20 “Do you make him leap like the locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.

21 Job 39:21 “He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength; He goes out to meet the weapons.

22 Job 39:22 “He laughs at fear and is not dismayed; And he does not turn back from the sword.

23 Job 39:23 “The quiver rattles against him, The flashing spear and javelin.

24 Job 39:24 “With shaking and rage he races over the ground, And he does not stand still at the voice of the trumpet.

25 Job 39:25 “As often as the trumpet sounds he says, ‘Aha!’ And he scents the battle from afar, And the thunder of the captains and the war cry.

26 Job 39:26 “Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, Stretching his wings toward the south?

27 Job 39:27 “Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up And makes his nest on high?

28 Job 39:28 “On the cliff he dwells and lodges, Upon the rocky crag, an inaccessible place.

29 Job 39:29 “From there he spies out food; His eyes see it from afar.

30 Job 39:30 “His young ones also suck up blood; And where the slain are, there is he.”