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
The Lord Continues
When Do Mountain Goats Give Birth?
1When do mountain goats
and deer give birth?
Have you been there
when their young are born?
* 2How long are they pregnant
3before they deliver?
4Soon their young grow strong
and then leave
to be on their own.
5Who set wild donkeys free?
6I alone help them survive
in salty desert sand.
7They stay far from crowded cities
and refuse to be tamed.
8Instead, they roam the hills,
searching for pastureland.
9Would a wild ox agree
to live in your barn
and labor for you?
10Could you force him to plow
or to drag a heavy log
to smooth out the soil?
11Can you depend on him
to use his great strength
and do your heavy work?
12Can you trust him
to harvest your grain
or take it to your barn
from the threshing place?
An Ostrich Proudly Flaps Her Wings
13An ostrich proudly
flaps her wings,
but not because
she loves her young.#39.13 young: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 13.
14She abandons her eggs
and lets the dusty ground
keep them warm.
15And she doesn't seem to worry
that the feet of an animal
could crush them all.
16She treats her eggs as though
they were not her own,
unconcerned that her work
might be for nothing.
17I myself made her foolish
and without common sense.
18But once she starts running,#39.18 starts running: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
she laughs at a rider
on the fastest horse.
Did You Give Horses Their Strength?
19Did you give horses their strength
and the flowing hair
along their necks?
20Did you make them able
to jump like grasshoppers
or to frighten people
with their snorting?
21Before horses are ridden
into battle,
they paw at the ground,
proud of their strength.
22Laughing at fear, they rush
toward the fighting,
23while the weapons of their riders
rattle and flash in the sun.
24Unable to stand still,
they gallop eagerly into battle
when trumpets blast.
25Stirred by the distant smells
and sounds of war, they snort
in reply to the trumpet.
26Did you teach hawks to fly south
for the winter?
* 27Did you train eagles#39.27 eagles: Or “vultures.” to build
28their nests on rocky cliffs,
29where they can look down
to spot their next meal?
30 #
Mt 24.28; Lk 17.37. Then their young gather to feast
wherever the victim lies.
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