The Book of Job

39: 1Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth?

 Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

 ^39:2Canst thou number the months that they fulfil?

 Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

 ^39:3They bow themselves, they bring forth their young,

 They cast out their pains.

 ^39:4Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field;

 They go forth, and return not again.
 
 

 ^39:5Who hath sent out the wild ass free?

 Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,

 ^39:6Whose home I have made the wilderness,

 And the salt land his dwelling-place?

 ^39:7He scorneth the tumult of the city,

 Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.

 ^39:8The range of the mountains is his pasture,

 And he searcheth after every green thing.

 ^39:9Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee?

 Or will he abide by thy crib?

 ^39:10Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow?

 Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

 ^39:11Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great?

 Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor?

 ^39:12Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed,

 And gather the grain of thy threshing-floor?
 
 

 ^39:13The wings of the ostrich wave proudly;

 But are they the pinions and plumage of love?

 ^39:14For she leaveth her eggs on the earth,

 And warmeth them in the dust,

 ^39:15And forgetteth that the foot may crush them,

 Or that the wild beast may trample them.

 ^39:16She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers:

 Though her labor be in vain, she is without fear;

 ^39:17Because God hath deprived her of wisdom,

 Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

 ^39:18What time she lifteth up herself on high,

 She scorneth the horse and his rider.
 
 

 ^39:19Hast thou given the horse his might?

 Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?

 ^39:20Hast thou made him to leap as a locust?

 The glory of his snorting is terrible.

 ^39:21He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength:

 He goeth out to meet the armed men.

 ^39:22He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed;

 Neither turneth he back from the sword.

 ^39:23The quiver rattleth against him,

 The flashing spear and the javelin.

 ^39:24He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage;

 Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet.

 ^39:25As oft as the trumpet soundeth he saith, Aha!

 And he smelleth the battle afar off,

 The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
 
 

 ^39:26Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth,

 (And) stretcheth her wings toward the south?

 ^39:27Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up,

 And maketh her nest on high?

 ^39:28On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home,

 Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.

 ^39:29From thence she spieth out the prey;

 Her eyes behold it afar off.

 ^39:30Her young ones also suck up blood:

 And where the slain are, there is she.