Job 39 — Legacy Standard Bible

39“Do you know the time the ¹^,^amountain goats give birth?Do you keep watch over the calving of the ^bdeer?²“Can you count the months they fulfill,Or do you know the time they give birth?³“They kneel down; they bring forth their young;They send out their labor pains.⁴“Their children become strong; they grow up in the open field;They leave and do not return to them.⁵“Who sent out the ^awild donkey free?And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,⁶For whom I have set ^athe desert plain as a homeAnd the salt land as his dwelling place?⁷“He laughs at the tumult of the city;The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.⁸“He explores the mountains for his pastureAnd searches after every green thing.⁹“Will the ^awild ox consent to serve you,Or will he spend the night at your manger?¹⁰“Can you bind the wild ox in a furrow with ¹ropes,Or will he harrow the valleys after you?¹¹“Will you trust him because his power is greatAnd leave your labor to him?¹²“Will you believe him that he will return your seed of grainAnd gather it from your threshing floor?¹³“The ostriches’ wings flap joyouslyBut are they the pinion and plumage of a ¹stork?¹⁴For she leaves her eggs to the earthAnd warms them in the dust,¹⁵And she forgets that a foot may crush ¹them,Or that a beast of the field may trample ²them.¹⁶“She treats her children ^acruelly, as if they were not hers;Though her labor be empty, she is without dread,¹⁷Because God has made her forget wisdom,And has not given her a share of understanding.¹⁸“When she raises herself up high,She laughs at the horse and his rider.¹⁹“Do you give the horse his might?Do you clothe his neck with a mane?²⁰“Do you make him ^aleap like the locust?His splendid ^bsnorting is terrible.²¹“¹He paws in the valley and rejoices in his power;He ^agoes out to meet the weapons.²²“He laughs at dread and is not dismayed;And he does not turn back from the sword.²³“The quiver rattles against him,The flashing spear and javelin.²⁴“With shaking and rage he ¹races over the ground,And he does not ²stand still at the sound of the trumpet.²⁵“As often as the trumpet sounds he says, ‘Aha!’And he scents the battle from afar,And the thunder of the commanders and the shout of war.²⁶“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars,Stretching his wings toward the south?²⁷“Is it at your ¹command that the eagle goes on highAnd raises ^ahis nest high?²⁸“On the cliff he dwells and lodges,Upon the rocky crag, a fortress.²⁹“From there he ¹^,^aspies out food;His eyes see it from afar.³⁰“His young ones also suck up blood;And ^awhere the slain are, there is he.”