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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Job 39
39
1 Do you know at what time the wild goats have given birth among the rocks, or do you observe the deer when they go into labor?
2 Have you numbered the months since their conception, and do you know at what time they gave birth?
3 They bend themselves for their offspring, and they give birth, and they emit roars.
4 Their young are weaned and go out to feed; they depart and do not return to them.
5 Who has set the wild ass free, and who has released his bonds?
6 I have given a house in solitude to him, and his tabernacle is in the salted land.
7 He despises the crowded city; he does not pay attention to the bellow of the tax collector.
8 He looks around the mountains of his pasture, and he searches everywhere for green plants.
9 Will the rhinoceros be willing to serve you, and will he remain in your stall?
10 Can you detain the rhinoceros with your harness to plough for you, and will he loosen the soil of the furrows behind you?
11 Will you put your faith in his great strength, and delegate your labors to him?
12 Will you trust him to return to you the seed, and to gather it on your drying floor?
13 The wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron, and of the hawk.
14 When she leaves eggs behind in the earth, will you perhaps warm them in the dust?
15 She forgets that feet may trample them, or that the beasts of the field may shatter them.
16 She is hardened against her young, as if they were not hers; she has labored in vain, with no fear compelling her.
17 For God has deprived her of wisdom; neither has he given her understanding.
18 Yet, when the time is right, she raises her wings on high; she ridicules the horse and his rider.
19 Will you supply strength to the horse, or envelope his throat with neighing?
20 Will you alarm him as the locusts do? His panic is revealed by the display of his nostrils.
21 He digs at the earth with his hoof; he jumps around boldly; he advances to meet armed men.
22 He despises fear; he does not turn away from the sword.
23 Above him, the quiver rattles, the spear and the shield shake.
24 Seething and raging, he drinks up the earth; neither does he pause when the blast of the trumpet sounds.
25 When he hears the bugle, he says, "Ha!" He smells the battle from a distance, the exhortation of the officers, and the battle cry of the soldiers.
26 Does the hawk grow feathers by means of your wisdom, spreading her wings towards the south?
27 Will the eagle lift herself up at your command and make her nest in steep places?
28 She dwells among the rocks, and she lingers among broken boulders and inaccessible cliffs.
29 From there, she looks for food, and her eyes catch sight of it from far away.
30 Her young will drink blood, and wherever the carcass will be, she is there immediately.
31 And the Lord continued, and he said to Job:
32 Will he who contends with God be so easily silenced? Certainly, he who argues with God must also respond to him.
33 Then Job answered the Lord, saying:
34 What could I possibly answer, since I have been speaking thoughtlessly? I will place my hand over my mouth.
35 One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said; and another, to which I will add no more.
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