Job 39
39
God Speaks of Nature and Its Beings
1“Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock give birth [to their young]?
Do you observe the calving of the deer?
2“Can you count the months that they #39:2 Lit fulfill.carry offspring,
Or do you know the time when they give birth?
3“They kneel down, they bring forth their young,
They cast out their labor pains.
4“Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field;
They leave and do not return to them.
5¶“Who sent out the wild donkey free [from dependence on man]?
And who has loosed the bonds of the wild donkey [to survive in the wild],
6To whom I gave the wilderness as his home
And the salt land as his dwelling place?
7“He scorns the tumult of the city,
And does not hear the shouting of the taskmaster.
8“He explores the mountains as his pasture
And searches after every green thing.
9“Will the wild ox be willing to serve you,
Or remain beside your manger at night?
10“Can you bind the wild ox with a harness [to the plow] in the furrow?
Or will he plow the valleys for you?
11“Will you trust him because his strength is great
And leave your labor to him?
12“Will you have faith and depend on him to return your grain
And gather it from your threshing floor?
13¶“The [flightless] wings of the ostrich wave joyously;
With the pinion (shackles, fetters) and plumage of love,
14For she leaves her eggs on the ground
And warms them in the dust,
15Forgetting that a foot may crush them,
Or that the wild beast may trample them.
16“She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers;
Though her labor is in vain because she is unconcerned [for the safety of her brood],
17For God has made her forget wisdom,
And has not given her a share of understanding.
18“Yet when she lifts herself #39:18 Or to flee.on high,
[So swift is she that] she laughs at the horse and his rider.
19¶“Have you given the horse his might?
Have you clothed his neck with quivering and a shaking mane?
20“Have you [Job] made him leap like a locust?
The majesty of his snorting [nostrils] is terrible.
21“He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength;
He goes out to meet the weapons [of armed men].
22“He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;
And [in battle] he does not turn back from the sword.
23“The quiver rattles against him,
[As do] the flashing spear and the lance [of his rider].
24“With fierceness and rage he races to devour the ground,
And he does not stand still at the sound of the [war] trumpet.
25“As often as the trumpet sounds he says, ‘Aha!’
And he smells the battle from far away,
And senses the thunder of the captains and the war cry.
26¶“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars,
Stretching his wings toward the south [as winter approaches]?
27“Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up
And makes his nest on high [in an inaccessible place]?
28“On the cliff he dwells and remains [securely],
Upon the point of the rock and the inaccessible stronghold.
29“From there he spies out the prey;
His eyes see it from far away.
30“His young ones suck up blood;
And where the slain are, there is he.”
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Job 39
39
The Lord’s Challenge Continues
1“Do you know when the wild goats give birth?
Have you watched as deer are born in the wild?
2Do you know how many months they carry their young?
Are you aware of the time of their delivery?
3They crouch down to give birth to their young
and deliver their offspring.
4Their young grow up in the open fields,
then leave home and never return.
5“Who gives the wild donkey its freedom?
Who untied its ropes?
6I have placed it in the wilderness;
its home is the wasteland.
7It hates the noise of the city
and has no driver to shout at it.
8The mountains are its pastureland,
where it searches for every blade of grass.
9“Will the wild ox consent to being tamed?
Will it spend the night in your stall?
10Can you hitch a wild ox to a plow?
Will it plow a field for you?
11Given its strength, can you trust it?
Can you leave and trust the ox to do your work?
12Can you rely on it to bring home your grain
and deliver it to your threshing floor?
13“The ostrich flaps her wings grandly,
but they are no match for the feathers of the stork.
14She lays her eggs on top of the earth,
letting them be warmed in the dust.
15She doesn’t worry that a foot might crush them
or a wild animal might destroy them.
16She is harsh toward her young,
as if they were not her own.
She doesn’t care if they die.
17For God has deprived her of wisdom.
He has given her no understanding.
18But whenever she jumps up to run,
she passes the swiftest horse with its rider.
19“Have you given the horse its strength
or clothed its neck with a flowing mane?
20Did you give it the ability to leap like a locust?
Its majestic snorting is terrifying!
21It paws the earth and rejoices in its strength
when it charges out to battle.
22It laughs at fear and is unafraid.
It does not run from the sword.
23The arrows rattle against it,
and the spear and javelin flash.
24It paws the ground fiercely
and rushes forward into battle when the ram’s horn blows.
25It snorts at the sound of the horn.
It senses the battle in the distance.
It quivers at the captain’s commands and the noise of battle.
26“Is it your wisdom that makes the hawk soar
and spread its wings toward the south?
27Is it at your command that the eagle rises
to the heights to make its nest?
28It lives on the cliffs,
making its home on a distant, rocky crag.
29From there it hunts its prey,
keeping watch with piercing eyes.
30Its young gulp down blood.
Where there’s a carcass, there you’ll find it.”
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