The Book of Job

Chapter-39

Job 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?

 

Job 39:2 Have you numbered the months since their conception, and do you know at what time they gave birth?

 

Job 39:3 They bend themselves for their offspring, and they give birth, and they emit roars.

 

Job 39:4 Their young are weaned and go out to feed; they depart and do not return to them.

 

Job 39:5 Who has set the wild ass free, and who has released his bonds?

 

Job 39:6 I have given a house in solitude to him, and his tabernacle is in the salted land.

 

Job 39:7 He despises the crowded city; he does not pay attention to the bellow of the tax collector.

 

Job 39:8 He looks around the mountains of his pasture, and he searches everywhere for green plants.

 

Job 39:9 Will the rhinoceros be willing to serve you, and will he remain in your stall?

 

Job 39:10 Can you detain the rhinoceros with your harness to plough for you, and will he loosen the soil of the furrows behind you?

 

Job 39:11 Will you put your faith in his great strength, and delegate your labors to him?

 

Job 39:12 Will you trust him to return to you the seed, and to gather it on your drying floor?

 

Job 39:13 The wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron, and of the hawk.

 

Job 39:14 When she leaves eggs behind in the earth, will you perhaps warm them in the dust?

 

Job 39:15 She forgets that feet may trample them, or that the beasts of the field may shatter them.

 

Job 39:16 She is hardened against her young, as if they were not hers; she has labored in vain, with no fear compelling her.

 

Job 39:17 For God has deprived her of wisdom; neither has he given her understanding.

 

Job 39:18 Yet, when the time is right, she raises her wings on high; she ridicules the horse and his rider.

 

Job 39:19 Will you supply strength to the horse, or envelope his throat with neighing?

 

Job 39:20 Will you alarm him as the locusts do? His panic is revealed by the display of his nostrils.

 

Job 39:21 He digs at the earth with his hoof; he jumps around boldly; he advances to meet armed men.

 

Job 39:22 He despises fear; he does not turn away from the sword.

 

Job 39:23 Above him, the quiver rattles, the spear and the shield shake.

 

Job 39:24 Seething and raging, he drinks up the earth; neither does he pause when the blast of the trumpet sounds.

 

Job 39:25 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.

 

Job 39:26 Does the hawk grow feathers by means of your wisdom, spreading her wings towards the south?

 

Job 39:27 Will the eagle lift herself up at your command and make her nest in steep places?

 

Job 39:28 She dwells among the rocks, and she lingers among broken boulders and inaccessible cliffs.

 

Job 39:29 From there, she looks for food, and her eyes catch sight of it from far away.

 

Job 39:30 Her young will drink blood, and wherever the carcass will be, she is there immediately.

 

Job 39:31 And the Lord continued, and he said to Job:

 

Job 39:32 Will he who contends with God be so easily silenced? Certainly, he who argues with God must also respond to him.

 

Job 39:33 Then Job answered the Lord, saying:

 

Job 39:34 What could I possibly answer, since I have been speaking thoughtlessly? I will place my hand over my mouth.

 

Job 39:35 One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said; and another, to which I will add no more.