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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Job 39
39
Mountain goat and doe
1Do you know when mountain goats give birth;
do you observe the birthing of does?
2Can you count the months of pregnancy;
do you know when they give birth?
3They crouch, split open for their young,
send forth their offspring.
4Their young are healthy; they grow up in the open country,
leave and never return.
Wild donkey
5Who freed the wild donkey,
loosed the ropes of the onager
6to whom I gave the desert as home,
his dwelling place in the salt flats?
7He laughs at the clamor of the town,
doesn’t hear the driver’s shout,
8searches the hills for food
and seeks any green sprout.
Wild ox
9Will the wild ox agree to be your slave,
or will it spend the night in your crib?
10Can you bind it with a rope to a plowed row;
will it plow the valley behind you?
11Will you trust it because its strength is great
so that you can leave your work to it?
12Can you rely on it to bring back your grain
to gather into your threshing floor?
Ostrich
13The ostrich’s wings flap joyously,
but her wings and plumage are like a stork.
14She leaves her eggs on the earth,
lets them warm in the dust,
15then forgets that a foot may crush them
or a wild animal trample them.
16She treats her young harshly as if they were not hers,
without worrying that her labor might be in vain;
17God didn’t endow her with sense,
didn’t give her some good sense.
18When she flaps her wings high,
she laughs at horse and rider.
Horse
19Did you give strength to the horse,
clothe his neck with a mane,
20cause him to leap like a locust,
his majestic snorting, a fright?
21He#39.21 Or they paws in the valley, prances proudly,
charges at battle weapons,
22laughs at fear, unafraid.
He doesn’t turn away from the sword;
23a quiver of arrows flies by him,
flashing spear and dagger.
24Excitedly, trembling, he swallows the ground;
can’t stand still at a trumpet’s blast.
25At a trumpet’s sound, he says, “Aha!”
smells the battle from afar,
hears#39.25 Heb lacks hears. officers’ shouting and the battle cry.
Hawk and eagle
26Is it due to your understanding that the hawk flies,
spreading its wings to the south?
27Or at your command does the eagle soar,
the vulture build a nest on high?
28They dwell on an outcropping of rock,
their fortress on rock’s edge.
29From there they search for food;
their eyes notice it from afar,
30and their young lap up blood;
where carcasses lie, there they are.
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