Job 39

Berean Standard Bible

The LORD Speaks of His Creation

1“Do you knowH3045 whenH6256 mountainH5553 goatsH3277 give birthH3205? Have you watchedH8104 the doeH355 bear her fawnH2342?2Can you countH5608 the monthsH3391 they are pregnantH4390? Do you knowH3045 the timeH6256 they give birthH3205?3They crouch downH3766 and bring forthH6398 their youngH3206; they deliverH7971 their newbornH2256.4Their young onesH1121 thriveH2492 and grow upH7235 in the open fieldH1250; they leaveH3318 and do notH3808 returnH7725.

5WhoH4310 setH7971 the wild donkeyH6501 freeH2670?WhoH4310 releasedH6605 the swift donkeyH6171 from the harnessH4147?6 I madeH7760 the wildernessH6160 his homeH1004and the salt flatsH4420 his dwellingH4908.7He scornsH7832 the tumultH1995 of the cityH7151and neverH3808 hearsH8085 the shoutsH8663 of a driverH5065.8He roamsH8446 the mountainsH2022 for pastureH4829,searchingH1875 forH310 anyH3605 green thingH3387.

9Will the wild oxH7214 consentH14 to serve youH5647 H518?Will he stayH3885 byH5921 your manger at nightH18?10Can you holdH7194 him to the furrowH8525 with a harnessH5688 H518?Will he plowH7702 the valleysH6010 behind youH310?11Can you relyH982 on his greatH7227 strengthH3581?Will you leaveH5800 your hard workH3018 to himH413?12Can you trustH539 him toH3588 bring inH7725 your grainH2233and gather itH622 to your threshing floorH1637?

13The wingsH3671 of the ostrichH7443 flap joyfullyH5965,but cannotH518 match the pinionsH84 1 and feathersH5133 of the storkH2624.14ForH3588 she leavesH5800 her eggsH1000 on the groundH776and lets them warmH2552 inH5921 the sandH6083.15She forgetsH7911 thatH3588 a footH7272 may crush themH2115,or a wildH7704 animalH2416 may trample themH1758.16She treats her youngH1121 harshlyH7188, as if notH3808 her own,with noH1097 concernH6343 that her laborH3018 was in vainH7385.17ForH3588 GodH433 has deprived herH5382 of wisdomH2451;He has notH3808 endowedH2505 her with understandingH998.18Yet whenH6256 she proudlyH4791 spreads her wingsH4754,she laughsH7832 at the horseH5483 and its riderH7392.

19Do you giveH5414 strengthH1369 to the horseH5483or adornH3847 his neckH6677 with a maneH7483?20Do you make him leapH7493 like a locustH697,striking terrorH367 with his proudH1935 snortingH5170?21He pawsH2658 in the valleyH6010 and rejoicesH7797 in his strengthH3581;he chargesH3318 H7122 into battleH5402.22He laughsH7832 at fearH6343, frightenedH2865 of nothingH3808;he does notH3808 turn backH7725 fromH6440 the swordH2719.23A quiverH827 rattlesH7439 at his sideH5921,along with a flashingH3851 spearH2595 and lanceH3591.224TremblingH7494 with excitementH7267, he devoursH1572 the distanceH776;he cannotH3808 stand stillH539 H3588 when the ram’s hornH7782 soundsH6963.25AtH1767 the blast of the hornH7782, he snortsH559 with fervorH1889.3He catches the scentH7306 of battleH4421 from afarH7350,the shoutsH7482 of captainsH8269 and the cry of warH8643.

26Does the hawkH5322 take flightH82 by your understandingH998and spreadH6566 his wingsH3671 toward the southH8486?27Does the eagleH5404 H3588 soarH1361 atH5921 your commandH6310and make his nestH7064 on highH7311?28He dwellsH7931 on a cliffH5553 and lodges thereH3885;his strongholdH4686 is onH5921 a rockyH5553 cragH8127.29From thereH8033 he spiesH2658 out foodH400;his eyesH5869 seeH5027 it from afarH7350.30His young onesH667 feast onH5966 bloodH1818;and whereH834 the slainH2491 are, thereH8033 heH1931 is.”

1. Job 39:13 Pinions are the outer parts of a bird’s wings, including the flight feathers. ↩
2. Job 39:23 Or javelin ↩
3. Job 39:25 Or he snorts, ‘Aha!’ ↩