Job 39
39
1Do you know when mountain goats give birth?
Have you watched the deer in labor?
2Can you count the months they are pregnant#39:2 Lit months they fulfill
so you can know the time they give birth?
3They crouch down to give birth to their young;
they deliver their newborn.#39:3 Or they send away their labor pains
4Their offspring are healthy and grow up in the open field.
They leave and do not return.#39:4 Lit return to them
5Who set the wild donkey free?
Who released the swift donkey from its harness?
6I made the desert#Jb 24:5; 38:26; Jr 2:24 its home,
and the salty#Dt 29:23; Ps 107:34; Jr 17:6 wasteland its dwelling.
7It scoffs at the noise of the village
and never hears the shouts of a driver.#Ex 3:7; 5:10,13–14; Jb 3:18
8It roams the mountains for its pastureland,
searching for anything green.
9Would the wild ox be willing to serve you?
Would it spend the night by your feeding trough?
10Can you hold the wild ox#Nm 23:22; 24:8; Dt 33:17 to a furrow by its harness?
Will it plow the valleys behind you?
11Can you depend on it because its strength is great?
Would you leave it to do your hard work?
12Can you trust the wild ox to harvest your grain
and bring it to your threshing floor?
13The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
but are her feathers and plumage like the stork’s?#39:13 Hb obscure#Ps 104:17; Jr 8:7; Zch 5:9
14She abandons her eggs on the ground
and lets them be warmed in the sand.
15She forgets that a foot may crush them
or that some wild animal may trample them.
16She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own,
with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.
17For God has deprived her of wisdom;
he has not endowed her with understanding.#Jb 35:11; 38:36
18When she proudly#39:18 Hb obscure spreads her wings,
she laughs at the horse and its rider.
19Do you give strength to the horse?
Do you adorn his neck with a mane?#39:19 Hb obscure
20Do you make him leap like a locust?
His proud snorting fills one with terror.
21He paws#39:21 LXX, Syr; MT reads They dig in the valley and rejoices in his strength;
he charges into battle.#39:21 Lit he goes out to meet the weaponry
22He laughs at fear, since he is afraid of nothing;
he does not run from the sword.
23A quiver rattles at his side,
along with a flashing spear and a javelin.
24He charges ahead#39:24 Lit He swallows the ground with trembling rage;
he cannot stand still at the sound of the ram’s horn.
25When the ram’s horn blasts, he snorts defiantly.#39:25 Lit he says, “Aha!”
He smells the battle from a distance;
he hears the officers’ shouts and the battle cry.
26Does the hawk take flight by your understanding
and spread its wings to the south?
27Does the eagle soar at your command
and make its nest#Jr 49:16; Ob 4; Hab 2:9 on high?
28It lives on a cliff where it spends the night;
its stronghold is on a rocky crag.
29From there it searches for prey;#Jb 9:26; Hab 1:8
its eyes penetrate the distance.
30Its brood gulps down blood,
and where the slain are, it is there.#Ezk 39:17; Mt 24:28; Lk 17:37
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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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