Job 39

1Hast thou known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? The bringing forth of hinds thou dost mark!

1Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? dost thou mark the calving of the hinds?

2Thou dost number the months they fulfil? And thou hast known the time of their bringing forth!

2Dost thou number the months that they fulfil? and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

3They bow down, Their young ones they bring forth safely, Their pangs they cast forth.

3They bow themselves, they give birth to their young ones, they cast out their pains;

4Safe are their young ones, They grow up in the field, they have gone out, And have not returned to them.

4Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field, they go forth, and return not unto them.

5Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened?

5Who hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager,

6Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,

6Whose house I made the wilderness, and the salt plain his dwellings?

7He doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not.

7He laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver;

8The range of mountains <FI>is<Fi> his pasture, And after every green thing he seeketh.

8The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

9Is a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib?

9Will the buffalo be willing to serve thee, or will he lodge by thy crib?

10Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow <FI>with<Fi> his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?

10Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

11Dost thou trust in him because great <FI>is<Fi> his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour?

11Wilt thou put confidence in him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

12Dost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And <FI>to<Fi> thy threshing-floor doth gather <FI>it<Fi> ?

12Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?

13The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.

13The wing of the ostrich beats joyously — But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?

14For she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them,

14For she leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,

15And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down.

15And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample them.

16Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain <FI>is<Fi> her labour without fear.

16She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern.

17For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her in understanding:

17ForGod hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.

18At the time on high she lifteth herself up, She laugheth at the horse and at his rider.

18What time she lasheth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

19Dost thou give to the horse might? Dost thou clothe his neck <FI>with<Fi> a mane?

19Hast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?

20Dost thou cause him to rush as a locust? The majesty of his snorting <FI>is<Fi> terrible.

20Dost thou make him to leap as a locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.

21They dig in a valley, and he rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour.

21He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength; he goeth forth to meet the armed host.

22He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted, And he turneth not back from the face of the sword.

22He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from before the sword.

23Against him rattle doth quiver, The flame of a spear, and a halbert.

23The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.

24With trembling and rage he swalloweth the ground, And remaineth not stedfast Because of the sound of a trumpet.

24He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot contain himself at the sound of the trumpet:

25Among the trumpets he saith, Aha, And from afar he doth smell battle, Roaring of princes and shouting.

25At the noise of the trumpets he saith, Aha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

26By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?

26Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, [and] stretch his wings toward the south?

27At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest?

27Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make his nest on high?

28A rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.

28He inhabiteth the rock and maketh his dwelling on the point of the cliff, and the fastness:

29From thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively,

29From thence he spieth out the prey, his eyes look into the distance;

30And his brood gulp up blood, And where the pierced <FI>are<Fi> --there <FI>is<Fi> he!

30And his young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is he.