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 deliverH6398 their youngH3206, They getH7971 ridH7971 of their laborH2256 painsH2256.4Their offspringH1121 becomeH2492 strongH2492, they growH7235 upH7235 in the openH1253 fieldH1253; They leaveH3318 and do not returnH7725 to them.

5“WhoH4310 sentH7971 the 4wildH6501 donkeyH6501 outH7971 freeH2670? And whoH4310 openedH6605 the bondsH4147 of the swiftH6171 donkeyH6171,6To whomH834 I gaveH7760 5the wildernessH6160 as his homeH1004, And the saltH4420 landH4420 as his dwellingH4908 placeH4908?7He laughsH7832 at the turmoilH1995 of the cityH7151, He does not hearH8085 the shoutingH8663 of the taskmasterH5065.8He exploresH8446 the mountainsH2022 of his pastureH4829, And searchesH1875 afterH310 everyH3605 greenH3387 thingH3387.9Will the 6wildH7214 bullH7214 beH14 willingH14 to serveH5647 you, OrH518 will he spendH3885 theH3885 nightH3885 at your feedingH18 troughH18?10Can you tieH7194 downH7194 the wildH7214 bullH7214 in a furrowH8525 with 7ropesH5688, OrH518 will he 8plowH7702 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 9grainH2233 And gatherH622 it from your threshingH1637 floorH1637?

13“The wingsH3671 of the ostrichH7443 flapH5965 joyouslyH5965, With the pinionH84 and feathersH5133 of 10loveH2623,14For she abandonsH5800 her eggsH1000 to the earthH776 And warmsH2552 them in the dustH6083,15And she forgetsH7911 that a footH7272 may crushH2115 11them, Or that a wildH7704 animalH2421 may trampleH1758 12them.16She treatsH7188 her youngH1121 13cruellyH7188, as if they were not hers; Though her laborH3018 is for nothingH7385, she is 14unconcernedH1097H6343,17BecauseH3588 GodH433 has made her forgetH5382 wisdomH2451, And has not givenH2505 her aH2505 shareH2505 of understandingH998.18WhenH6256 she rushesH4754 awayH4754 on 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 locustsH697? His majesticH1935 16snortingH5170 is frighteningH367.2117He pawsH2658 in the valleyH6010, and rejoicesH7797 in his strengthH3581; He 18goesH3318 outH3318 to meetH7122 the battleH5402.22He 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 javelinH3591.24He 19racesH1572 over the groundH776 with a roarH7494 and furyH7267, And he does not standH539 stillH539 whenH3588 he hears the soundH6963 of the trumpetH7782.25As oftenH1767 as the trumpetH7782 sounds he saysH559, ‘AhaH1889!’ And he sensesH7381 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 fliesH1361 highH1361, And makesH7311 21his nestH7064 on highH7311?28He dwellsH7931 and spendsH3885 his nightsH3885 on the cliffH5553, On the rockyH5553 cliffH8127, an inaccessibleH4686 placeH4686.29From thereH8033 he 22tracksH2658 foodH400; His eyesH5869 lookH5027 at it from afarH7350.30His youngH667 onesH667 also lickH5966 upH5966 bloodH1818 greedilyH5966; And 23whereH834 the slainH2491 are, thereH8033 he is.”