Job 39

1Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? `Or' canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?● 2Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?● 3They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They cast out their pains.● 4Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; They go forth, and return not again.● 5Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,● 6Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?● 7He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.● 8The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.● 9Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?● 10Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?● 11Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor?● 12Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gather `the grain' of thy threshing-floor?● 13The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; `But' are they the pinions and plumage of love?● 14For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust,● 15And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them.● 16She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain, `she is' without fear;● 17Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.● 18What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider.● 19Hast thou given the horse `his' might? Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?● 20Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible.● 21He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth out to meet the armed men.● 22He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither turneth he back from the sword.● 23The quiver rattleth against him, The flashing spear and the javelin.● 24He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet.● 25As oft as the trumpet `soundeth' he saith, Aha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.● 26Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, (And) stretcheth her wings toward the south?● 27Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high?● 28On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.● 29From thence she spieth out the prey; Her eyes behold it afar off.● 30Her young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she.●