Job 39

God Speaks of Nature and Its Beings

1“Do you knowH3045 the timeH6256 the 12mountainH3277H5553 goatsH3277 giveH3205 birthH3205? Do you observeH8104 the calvingH2342 of the 3deerH355?2Can you countH5608 the monthsH3391 they fulfillH4390, Or do you knowH3045 the timeH6256 they giveH3205 birthH3205?3They kneelH3766 downH3766, they bringH6398 forthH6398 their youngH3206, They getH7971 ridH7971 of their laborH2256 painsH2256.4Their offspringH1121 becomeH2492 strongH2492, they growH7235 up in the openH1253 fieldH1253; They leaveH3318 and do not returnH7725 to them.

5“WhoH4310 sentH7971 out the 4wildH6501 donkeyH6501 freeH2670? And whoH4310 loosedH6605 the bondsH4147 of the swiftH6171 donkeyH6171,6To whomH834 I gaveH7760 5the wildernessH6160 for a homeH1004 And the saltH4420 landH4420 for his dwellingH4908 placeH4908?7He scornsH7832 the tumultH1995 of the cityH7151, The shoutingsH8663 of the driverH5065 he does not hearH8085.8He exploresH8446 the mountainsH2022 for his pastureH4829 And searchesH1875 afterH310 everyH3605 greenH3387 thingH3387.9Will the 6wildH7214 oxH7214 consentH14 to serveH5647 you, OrH518 will he spendH3885 the nightH3885 at your mangerH18?10Can you bindH7194 the wildH7214 oxH7214 in a furrowH8525 with 7ropesH5688, OrH518 will he harrowH7702 the valleysH6010 afterH310 you?11Will you trustH539 him becauseH3588 his strengthH3581 is greatH7227 And leaveH5800 your laborH3018 to him?12Will you haveH539 faithH539 in him that he will returnH7725 your 8grainH2233 And gatherH622 it from your threshingH1637 floorH1637?

13“The ostriches’H7443 wingsH3671 flapH5965 joyouslyH5965 With the pinionH84 and plumageH5133 of 9loveH2623,14For she abandonsH5800 her eggsH1000 to the earthH776 And warmsH2552 them in the dustH6083,15And she forgetsH7911 that a footH7272 may crushH2115 10them, Or that a wildH7704 beastH2421 may trampleH1758 11them.16She treatsH7188 her youngH1121 12cruellyH7188, as if they were not hers; Though her laborH3018 be in vainH7385, she is 13unconcernedH1097H6343;17BecauseH3588 GodH433 has made her forgetH5382 wisdomH2451, And has not givenH2505 her a shareH2505 of understandingH998.18WhenH6256 she liftsH4754 herself 14on highH4791, She laughsH7832 at the horseH5483 and his riderH7392.

19“Do you giveH5414 the horseH5483 his mightH1369? Do you clotheH3847 his neckH6677 with a maneH7483?20Do you make him 15leapH7493 like the locustH697? His majesticH1935 16snortingH5170 is terribleH367.2117He pawsH2658 in the valleyH6010, and rejoicesH7797 in his strengthH3581; He 18goesH3318 out to meetH7122 the weaponsH5402.22He laughsH7832 at fearH6343 and is not dismayedH2865; And he does not turnH7725 backH7725 from the swordH2719.23The quiverH827 rattlesH7439 againstH5921 him, The flashingH3851 spearH2595 and javelinH3591.24With shakingH7494 and rageH7267 he 19racesH1572 over the groundH776, And he does not standH539 stillH539 at the voiceH6963 of the trumpetH7782.25As oftenH1767 as the trumpetH7782 sounds he saysH559, ‘AhaH1889!’ And he scentsH7381 the battleH4421 from afarH7350, And the thunderH7482 of the captainsH8269 and the warH8643 cryH8643.

26“Is it by your understandingH998 that the hawkH5322 soarsH82, StretchingH6566 his wingsH3671 toward the southH8486?27Is it at your 20commandH6310 that the eagleH5404 mountsH1361 up And makesH7311 21his nestH7064 on highH7311?28On the cliffH5553 he dwellsH7931 and lodgesH3885, Upon the rockyH5553 cragH8127, an inaccessibleH4686 placeH4686.29From thereH8033 he 22spiesH2658 out foodH400; His eyesH5869 seeH5027 it from afarH7350.30His youngH667 onesH667 also suckH5966 up bloodH1818; And 23whereH834 the slainH2491 are, thereH8033 is he.”