Job 39:1
Hast thou known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? The bringing forth of hinds thou dost mark!
Job 39:2
Thou dost number the months they fulfil? And thou hast known the time of their bringing forth!
Job 39:3
They bow down, Their young ones they bring forth safely, Their pangs they cast forth.
Job 39:4
Safe are their young ones, They grow up in the field, they have gone out, And have not returned to them.
Job 39:5
Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened?
Job 39:6
Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,
Job 39:7
He doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not.
Job 39:8
The range of mountains is his pasture, And after every green thing he seeketh.
Job 39:9
Is a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib?
Job 39:10
Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow with his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?
Job 39:11
Dost thou trust in him because great is his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour?
Job 39:12
Dost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And to thy threshing-floor doth gather it ?
Job 39:13
The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.
Job 39:14
For she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them,
Job 39:15
And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down.
Job 39:16
Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain is her labour without fear.
Job 39:17
For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her in understanding:
Job 39:18
At the time on high she lifteth herself up, She laugheth at the horse and at his rider.
Job 39:19
Dost thou give to the horse might? Dost thou clothe his neck with a mane?
Job 39:20
Dost thou cause him to rush as a locust? The majesty of his snorting is terrible.
Job 39:21
They dig in a valley, and he rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour.
Job 39:22
He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted, And he turneth not back from the face of the sword.
Job 39:23
Against him rattle doth quiver, The flame of a spear, and a halbert.
Job 39:24
With trembling and rage he swalloweth the ground, And remaineth not stedfast Because of the sound of a trumpet.
Job 39:25
Among the trumpets he saith, Aha, And from afar he doth smell battle, Roaring of princes and shouting.
Job 39:26
By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?
Job 39:27
At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest?
Job 39:28
A rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.
Job 39:29
From thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively,
Job 39:30
And his brood gulp up blood, And where the pierced are --there is he!