Job 39
39
1“Do you know when the wild goats give birth? Have you watched the birth-pains of the deer? 2Do you know how many months they carry their young? Do you know the time when they give birth?#39:2. In verses 1-2 God is asking Job how much he knows about the natural world, indicating that much is often unobserved. 3They crouch down in labor to deliver their offspring. 4Their young grow strong in the open countryside; they leave and never return.
5Who gave the wild donkey its freedom? Who set it free from its bonds? 6I have given it the wilderness as its home, the salt plains as a place to live. 7It despises the noise of the city; it doesn't need to listen to the shouts of a driver.#39:7. In contrast to a domestic donkey which is controlled by the shouts of its master. 8It hunts in the mountains for pastureland, searching for all kinds of green plants to eat.
9Is the wild ox willing to serve you? Will it spend the night at your manger? 10Can you tie a wild ox to a plow? Can you make it till your fields for you? 11Because it's so powerful can you trust it? Can you depend on it to do your heavy work for you? 12Are you sure it will gather your grain and bring it to your threshing floor?
13The ostrich proudly flaps her wings, but they are nothing like the flight feathers of the stork.#39:13. The ostrich is flightless, while the stork is a master of the air. The Hebrew is unclear and many possible translations have been proposed. 14The ostrich abandons her eggs on the ground, leaving them to be warmed in the dust. 15She doesn't think that they can be crushed underfoot, trampled by a wild animal. 16She is tough towards her young, acting as if they didn't belong to her. She doesn't care that all her work was for nothing. 17For I, God, made her forget wisdom—she didn't get her share of intelligence. 18But when she needs to, she can jump up and run, mocking a horse and its rider with her speed.
19Did you give the horse its strength? Did you place a mane upon its neck? 20Did you make it able to jump like a locust? Its loud snorting is terrifying! 21It paws at the ground, rearing up with power as it charges into battle. 22It laughs at fear; it is not frightened at all. 23The quiver full of arrows rattles against it; the spear and the javelin flash in the sunlight. 24Shaking with rage it gallops across the ground; it cannot remain still when the trumpet sounds. 25Whenever the trumpet calls, it is ready;#39:25. Literally, “he says, ‘Aha!” he senses the sound of battle from far away, he hears the commanders shouting.
26Is it through your wisdom that the hawk soars, spreading its wings towards the south? 27Do you command the eagle to fly high and make its nest in the summits of the mountains? 28It lives among the cliffs, and roosts on a remote rocky crag. 29From there it spies its prey from far away, fixing its gaze on its victim. Its chicks eagerly swallow blood. 30Where the carcasses are, that's where birds of prey are found.”
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Iyoḇ (Job) 39
39
1“Do you know the time when the wild mountain goats bear young? Or do you observe when the deer gives birth?
2Do you number the months they complete? Or do you know the time when they bear young?
3They bow down, they bring forth their young, their labour pains are ended.
4Their young ones are thriving, they grow up in the field. They shall leave and shall not return to them.
5Who set the wild donkey free? Who loosed the bonds of the wild donkey,
6whose home I have made the desert, and the salt land his dwelling?
7He laughs at the commotion of the city; he does not hear the shouts of the driver.
8The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches for all that is green.
9Would the wild ox be pleased to serve you? Or spend the night by your feeding trough?
10If you bind the wild ox in the furrow with ropes, would he plough the valleys behind you?
11Would you rely on his great strength? Or would you leave your labour to him?
12Would you trust him to bring home your grain, and gather it to your threshing-floor?
13The wings of the ostrich flap joyously, but they are not the pinions and plumage of a stork!#Hebrew: Ḥacidah.
14She leaves her eggs on the ground, and warms them in the dust;
15and she forgets that a foot might crush them, or a wild beast tread on them.
16She treats her young harshly, as if not hers; her toil is in vain, without fear,
17because Eloah has made her forget wisdom, and did not endow her with understanding.
18When she lifts herself on high, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
19Have you given the horse strength? Have you covered his neck with a mane?
20Would you make him leap like a locust? His splendid snorting is frightening.
21He paws in the valley, and rejoices in strength. He gallops into the clash of arms.
22He laughs at fear, and is not frightened; nor does he turn back from the sword.
23The quiver rattles against him, the glittering spear and lance.
24He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, and he does not stand still because of a voice of a shophar.
25At the blast of the shophar he says, ‘Aha!’ And from afar he smells the battle, the thunder of commanders and shouting.
26Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, spreading its wings toward the south?
27Does the eagle mount up at your mouth, and make its nest on high?
28It dwells on the rock, and lodges on the crag of the rock and the stronghold.
29From there it searches out the prey, its eyes see it from afar.
30And its young ones suck up blood. And where the slain are, there it is!”
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