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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Job 39
39
1“Do you know when the mountain goats give birth?
Do you watch when the deer gives birth to her fawn?
2Do you count the months until they give birth
and know the right time for them to give birth?
3They lie down, their young are born,
and then the pain of giving birth is over.
4Their young ones grow big and strong in the wild country.
Then they leave their homes and do not return.
5“Who let the wild donkey go free?
Who untied its ropes?
6I am the one who gave the donkey the desert as its home;
I gave it the desert lands as a place to live.
7The wild donkey laughs at the confusion in the city,
and it does not hear the drivers shout.
8It roams the hills looking for pasture,
looking for anything green to eat.
9“Will the wild ox agree to serve you
and stay by your feeding box at night?
10Can you hold it to the plowed row with a harness
so it will plow the valleys for you?
11Will you depend on the wild ox for its great strength
and leave your heavy work for it to do?
12Can you trust the ox to bring in your grain
and gather it to your threshing floor?
13“The wings of the ostrich flap happily,
but they are not like the feathers of the stork.
14The ostrich lays its eggs on the ground
and lets them warm in the sand.
15It does not stop to think that a foot might step on them and crush them;
it does not care that some animal might walk on them.
16The ostrich is cruel to its young, as if they were not even its own.
It does not care that its work is for nothing,
17because God did not give the ostrich wisdom;
God did not give it a share of good sense.
18But when the ostrich gets up to run, it is so fast
that it laughs at the horse and its rider.
19“Job, are you the one who gives the horse its strength
or puts a flowing mane on its neck?
20Do you make the horse jump like a locust?
It scares people with its proud snorting.
21It paws wildly, enjoying its strength,
and charges into battle.
22It laughs at fear and is afraid of nothing;
it does not run away from the sword.
23The bag of arrows rattles against the horse’s side,
along with the flashing spears and swords.
24With great excitement, the horse races over the ground;
and it cannot stand still when it hears the trumpet.
25When the trumpet blows, the horse snorts, ‘Aha!’
It smells the battle from far away;
it hears the shouts of commanders and the battle cry.
26“Is it through your wisdom that the hawk flies
and spreads its wings toward the south?
27Are you the one that commands the eagle to fly
and build its nest so high?
28It lives on a high cliff and stays there at night;
the rocky peak is its protected place.
29From there it looks for its food;
its eyes can see it from far away.
30Its young eat blood,
and where there is something dead, the eagle is there.”
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