Job 39
39
1Do you know when mountain goats are born?
Have you watched wild deer give birth?
2Do you know how long they carry their young?
Do you know the time for their birth?
3Do you know when they will crouch down
and bring their young into the world?
4In the wilds their young grow strong;
they go away and don't come back.
5Who gave the wild donkeys their freedom?
Who turned them loose and let them roam?
6I gave them the desert to be their home,
and let them live on the salt plains.
7They keep far away from the noisy cities,
and no one can tame them and make them work.
8The mountains are the pastures where they feed,
where they search for anything green to eat.
9Will a wild ox work for you?
Is he willing to spend the night in your stable?
10Can you hold one with a rope and make him plough?
Or make him pull a harrow in your fields?
11Can you rely on his great strength
and expect him to do your heavy work?
12Do you expect him to bring in your harvest
and gather the grain from your threshing place?
13How fast the wings of an ostrich beat!
But no ostrich can fly like a stork.#39.13 Verse 13 in Hebrew is unclear.
14The ostrich leaves her eggs on the ground
for the heat in the soil to warm them.
15She is unaware that a foot may crush them
or a wild animal break them.
16She acts as if the eggs were not hers,
and is unconcerned that her efforts were wasted.
17It was I who made her foolish
and did not give her wisdom.
18But when she begins to run,#39.18 Probable text run; Hebrew unclear.
she can laugh at any horse and rider.
19Was it you, Job, who made horses so strong
and gave them their flowing manes?
20Did you make them leap like locusts
and frighten people with their snorting?
21They eagerly paw the ground in the valley;
they rush into battle with all their strength.
22They do not know the meaning of fear,
and no sword can turn them back.
23The weapons which their riders carry
rattle and flash in the sun.
24Trembling with excitement, the horses race ahead;
when the trumpet blows, they can't stand still.
25At each blast of the trumpet they snort;
they can smell a battle before they get near,
and they hear the officers shouting commands.
26Does a hawk learn from you how to fly
when it spreads its wings towards the south?
27Does an eagle wait for your command
to build its nest high in the mountains?
28It makes its home on the highest rocks
and makes the sharp peaks its fortress.
29From there it watches near and far
for something to kill and eat.
30 #
Mt 24.28; Lk 17.37 Around dead bodies the eagles gather,
and the young eagles drink the blood.
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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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