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#1Sa 24:2; Ps 29:9 “Do you know the time when the wild mountain goats produce offspring?
Or can you observe when the deer gives birth?
2Can you number the months that they fulfill,
or do you know the time when they bring forth?
3They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones,
they get rid of their labor pains.
4Their young ones are healthy, they grow strong with grain;
they go forth and do not return to them.
5#Job 6:5; 11:12 “Who has sent out the wild donkey free?
Or who has loosed the bands of the wild donkey,
6#Ps 107:34; Dt 29:23 whose home I have made the wilderness,
and the barren land his dwelling?
7#Job 3:18 He scorns the multitude in the city
and does not regard the shouts of the driver.
8The range of the mountains is his pasture,
and he searches after every green thing.
9#Nu 23:22; Dt 33:17; Ps 92:10 “Will the wild ox be willing to serve you
or spend the night by your manger?
10Can you bind the wild ox in the furrow with ropes?
Or will he plow the valleys behind you?
11Will you trust him because his strength is great?
Or will you leave your labor to him?
12Will you trust him to bring home your grain
and gather it into your barn?
13“Did you give the beautiful wings to the peacocks?
Or wings and feathers to the ostrich,
14who leaves her eggs in the earth,
and warms them in dust,
15and forgets that a foot may crush them,
or that the wild beast may break them?
16#La 4:3 She is hardened against her young ones,
as though they were not hers;
her labor is in vain, without concern,
17#Job 35:11 because God has deprived her of wisdom,
nor has He imparted understanding to her.
18When she lifts up herself on high,
she scorns the horse and his rider.
19“Have you given the horse strength?
Have you clothed his neck with thunder?
20#Jer 8:16 Can you make him afraid like a grasshopper?
The glory of his nostrils is awesome.
21#Jer 8:6 He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength;
he goes on to meet the armed men.
22He mocks at fear and is not frightened,
nor does he turn back from the sword.
23The quiver rattles against him,
the glittering spear and the shield.
24He devours the distance with fierceness and rage,
and he does not stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
25At the sound of the trumpet he says, ‘Aha’;
he smells the battle afar off,
the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26“Does the hawk fly by your wisdom,
and stretch her wings toward the south?
27#Jer 49:16; Ob 1:4 Does the eagle mount up at your command
and make her nest on high?
28She dwells and remains on the rock,
upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
29#Job 9:26 From there she seeks the prey,
and her eyes see it from afar.
30#Mt 24:28; Lk 17:37 Her young ones also suck up blood,
and where the slain are, there she is.”
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