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
The LORD Continues: the Mountain Goats
1“Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth?
Do you watch the does when they are in labor?
2Can you count the months they are pregnant
or know the time when they’ll give birth?
3They kneel down to give birth and deliver their young.
Then the pain of giving birth is over.
4Their young are healthy and grow up in the wild.
They leave and don’t come back.
The Wild Donkey
5“Who lets the wild donkey go free?
Who unties the ropes of the wild donkey?
6I gave it the desert to live in
and the salt flats as its dwelling place.
7It laughs at the noise of the city
and doesn’t ⌞even⌟ listen to the shouting of its master.
8It explores the mountains for its pasture
and looks for anything green.
The Wild Ox
9“Will the wild ox agree to serve you,
or will it stay at night beside your feeding trough?
10Can you guide a wild ox in a furrow,
or will it plow the valleys behind you?
11Can you trust it just because it’s so strong
or leave your labor to it?
12Can you rely on it to bring your grain back
and take it to your threshing floor? #39:12 A threshing floor is an outdoor area where grain is separated from its husks.
The Ostrich
13“Does the ostrich flap its wings in joy,
or do its wings lack feathers? #39:13 Or “Do its wings compare well with the wings and feathers of the stork?”
14It lays its eggs on the ground
and warms them in the dust.
15It forgets that a foot may crush them
or a wild animal may trample them.
16It acts harshly toward its young as if they weren’t its own.
It is not afraid that its work is for nothing
17because God has deprived it of wisdom
and did not give it any understanding.
18It laughs at the horse and its rider when it gets up to flee.
The Horse
19“Can you give strength to a horse
or dress its neck with a flowing mane?
20Can you make it leap like a locust,
when its snorting causes terror?
21It paws in strength and finds joy in its power.
It charges into battle.
22It laughs at fear,
is afraid of nothing,
and doesn’t back away from swords.
23A quiver of arrows rattles on it
along with the flashing spear and javelin.
24Anxious and excited, the horse eats up the ground
and doesn’t trust the sound of the ram’s horn.
25As often as the horn sounds, the horse says, ‘Aha!’
and it smells the battle far away—
the thundering ⌞orders⌟ of the captains and the battle cries.
The Birds of Prey
26“Does your understanding make a bird of prey fly
and spread its wings toward the south?
27Is it by your order that the eagle flies high
and makes its nest on the heights?
28It perches for the night on a cliff.
Its fortress is on a jagged peak.
29From there it seeks food,
and its eyes see it from far away.
30Its young ones feed on blood. It is found wherever there are dead bodies.”
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