1 "Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns? NHEB — Job 39:1
2 Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth? NHEB — Job 39:2
3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, they end their labor pains. NHEB — Job 39:3
4 Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go forth, and do not return again. NHEB — Job 39:4
5 "Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey, NHEB — Job 39:5
6 Whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place? NHEB — Job 39:6
7 He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver. NHEB — Job 39:7
8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches after every green thing. NHEB — Job 39:8
9 "Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough? NHEB — Job 39:9
10 Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you? NHEB — Job 39:10
11 Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor? NHEB — Job 39:11
12 Will you have faith in him, that he will bring in your grain, and gather it to your threshing floor? NHEB — Job 39:12
13 "The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love? NHEB — Job 39:13
14 For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust, NHEB — Job 39:14
15 and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them. NHEB — Job 39:15
16 She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear, NHEB — Job 39:16
17 because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding. NHEB — Job 39:17
18 When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider. NHEB — Job 39:18
19 "Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane? NHEB — Job 39:19
20 Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome. NHEB — Job 39:20
21 He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men. NHEB — Job 39:21
22 He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword. NHEB — Job 39:22
23 The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin. NHEB — Job 39:23
24 He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet. NHEB — Job 39:24
25 As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, 'Aha.' He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. NHEB — Job 39:25
26 "Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south? NHEB — Job 39:26
27 Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high? NHEB — Job 39:27
28 On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, on the point of the cliff, and the stronghold. NHEB — Job 39:28
29 From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off. NHEB — Job 39:29
30 His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is." NHEB — Job 39:30