Job 39
39
1Knowest thou the time when the wild goats bring forth among the rocks? Or hast thou observed the hinds when they fawn?
2Hast thou numbered the months of their conceiving, or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
3They bow themselves to bring forth young; and they cast them, and send forth roarings.
4Their young are weaned and go to feed: they go forth, and return not to them.
5Who hath sent out the wild ass free, and who hath loosed his bonds?
6To whom I have given a house in the wilderness, and his dwellings in the barren land.
7He scorneth the multitude of the city, he heareth not the cry of the driver.
8He looketh round about the mountains of his pasture, and seeketh for every green thing.
9Shall the rhinoceros be willing to serve thee, or will he stay at thy crib?
10Canst thou bind the rhinoceros with thy thong to plough, or will he break the clods of the valleys after thee?
11Wilt thou have confidence in his great strength, and leave thy labours to him?
12Wilt thou trust him that he will render thee the seed, and gather it into thy barnfloor?
13The wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron, and of the hawk.
14When she leaveth her eggs on the earth, thou perhaps wilt warm them in the dust.
15She forgetteth that the foot may tread upon them, or that the beasts of the field may break them.
16She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers. She hath laboured in vain, no fear constraining her.
17For God hath deprived her of wisdom: neither hath he given her understanding.
18When time shall be, she setteth up her wings on high: she scorneth the horse and his rider.
19Wilt thou give strength to the horse, or clothe his neck with neighing?
20Wilt thou lift him up like the locusts? The glory of his nostrils is terror.
21He breaketh up the earth with his hoof; he pranceth boldly; he goeth forward to meet armed men.
22He despiseth fear; he turneth not his back to the sword.
23Above him shall the quiver rattle; the spear and shield shall glitter.
24Chasing and raging he swalloweth the ground: neither doth he make account when the noise of the trumpet soundeth.
25When he heareth the trumpet he saith: Ha, ha. He smelleth the battle afar off, the encouraging of the captains, and the shouting of the army.
26Doth the hawk wax feathered by thy wisdom, spreading her wings to the south?
27Will the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest in high places?
28She abideth among the rocks, and dwelleth among cragged flints, and stony hills, where there is no access.
29From thence she looketh for the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
30Her young ones shall suck up blood: and wheresoever the carcass shall be, she is immediately there.
31And the Lord went on, and said to Job:
32Shall he that contendeth with God be so easily silenced? Surely he that reproveth God ought to answer him.
33Then Job answered the Lord, and said:
34What can I answer, who have spoken inconsiderately#39.34 spoken inconsiderately: If we discuss all Job's words (saith St. Gregory), we shall find nothing impiously spoken; as may be gathered from the words of the Lord himself, chap. 42, ver. 7, 8; but what was reprehensible in him, was the manner of expressing himself at times, speaking too much of his own affliction, and too little of God's goodness towards him, which here he acknowledges as inconsiderate.? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
35One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said: and another, to which I will add no more.
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Job 39
39
Mountain goat and doe
1Do you know when mountain goats give birth;
do you observe the birthing of does?
2Can you count the months of pregnancy;
do you know when they give birth?
3They crouch, split open for their young,
send forth their offspring.
4Their young are healthy; they grow up in the open country,
leave and never return.
Wild donkey
5Who freed the wild donkey,
loosed the ropes of the onager
6to whom I gave the desert as home,
his dwelling place in the salt flats?
7He laughs at the clamor of the town,
doesn’t hear the driver’s shout,
8searches the hills for food
and seeks any green sprout.
Wild ox
9Will the wild ox agree to be your slave,
or will it spend the night in your crib?
10Can you bind it with a rope to a plowed row;
will it plow the valley behind you?
11Will you trust it because its strength is great
so that you can leave your work to it?
12Can you rely on it to bring back your grain
to gather into your threshing floor?
Ostrich
13The ostrich’s wings flap joyously,
but her wings and plumage are like a stork.
14She leaves her eggs on the earth,
lets them warm in the dust,
15then forgets that a foot may crush them
or a wild animal trample them.
16She treats her young harshly as if they were not hers,
without worrying that her labor might be in vain;
17God didn’t endow her with sense,
didn’t give her some good sense.
18When she flaps her wings high,
she laughs at horse and rider.
Horse
19Did you give strength to the horse,
clothe his neck with a mane,
20cause him to leap like a locust,
his majestic snorting, a fright?
21He#39.21 Or they paws in the valley, prances proudly,
charges at battle weapons,
22laughs at fear, unafraid.
He doesn’t turn away from the sword;
23a quiver of arrows flies by him,
flashing spear and dagger.
24Excitedly, trembling, he swallows the ground;
can’t stand still at a trumpet’s blast.
25At a trumpet’s sound, he says, “Aha!”
smells the battle from afar,
hears#39.25 Heb lacks hears. officers’ shouting and the battle cry.
Hawk and eagle
26Is it due to your understanding that the hawk flies,
spreading its wings to the south?
27Or at your command does the eagle soar,
the vulture build a nest on high?
28They dwell on an outcropping of rock,
their fortress on rock’s edge.
29From there they search for food;
their eyes notice it from afar,
30and their young lap up blood;
where carcasses lie, there they are.
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