Job 39

1 “Do you know when the mountain goat gives birth? Do you watch the doe as it calves its young?ISV — Job 39:1

2 Can you count the months of their gestation? Do you know the time when they give birth,ISV — Job 39:2

3 when they crouch down ^{a39:3 Or bow down} to give birth ^{b39:3 Lit. cleave open} to their offspring, and let go ^{c39:3 Lit. send} of their birth pangs?ISV — Job 39:3

4 Their young are strong; they grow up in the open field; then they go off and don’t return to them.”ISV — Job 39:4

5 “Who sets the wild donkey free? Who loosens the bonds of the wild donkeyISV — Job 39:5

6 to whom I’ve given the Arabah ^{d39:6 i.e. the desert wilderness of southern Israel} for a home; the salt plain for his dwelling place?ISV — Job 39:6

7 He despises city noises; ^{e39:7 Or sound} he ignores the shouts ^{f39:7 Or noise} of the driver.ISV — Job 39:7

8 He ranges the mountains that are his pasture to search for anything green.ISV — Job 39:8

9 Is the wild ox willing to serve you? Will he sleep at night near your feeding trough?ISV — Job 39:9

10 Can you bind the ox to plow a furrow with a rope? Will he harrow after you in the valley?ISV — Job 39:10

11 Will you trust him because of his great strength and entrust your labor to him?ISV — Job 39:11

12 Will you trust him that he’ll bring in your grain, and gather it to your threshing floor?”ISV — Job 39:12

13 “The wings of the ostrich flap joyously, but aren’t its pinions and feathers like the stork?ISV — Job 39:13

14 She abandons her eggs on the ground and lets them be warmed in the sand,ISV — Job 39:14

15 but she forgets that a foot might crush them or any wild animal might trample them.ISV — Job 39:15

16 She mistreats her young as though they’re not hers, and she has no fear that her labor may be in vain,ISV — Job 39:16

17 because God didn’t grant her wisdom and never gave her understanding.ISV — Job 39:17

18 And yet when she gets ready to run, she laughs at the horse and its rider.”ISV — Job 39:18

19 Do you instill the horse with strength? Do you clothe its neck with a mane?ISV — Job 39:19

20 Can you make him leap like the locust, and make the splendor of his snorting terrifying?ISV — Job 39:20

21 He paws the ground ^{g39:21 The Heb. lacks the ground} in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he goes out to face weapons.ISV — Job 39:21

22 He scoffs at fear and is never scared; he never retreats from a sword.ISV — Job 39:22

23 A quiver of arrows rattles against his side, along with a flashing spear and a lance.ISV — Job 39:23

24 Leaping in his excitement, he takes in ^{h39:24 Lit. swallows} the ground; he cannot stand still when the trumpets sound!ISV — Job 39:24

25 When the trumpet blasts he’ll neigh, ‘Aha! Aha!’ From a distance he can sense war, the war cry of generals, ^{i39:25 Or officers} and their shouting.”ISV — Job 39:25

26 “Is it by your understanding that the hawk flies, spreading its wings toward the south?ISV — Job 39:26

27 Does the eagle soar high at your command ^{j39:27 Lit. mouth} and build its nest on the highest crags?ISV — Job 39:27

28 He dwells on the crags where he makes his home, there on the rocky crag is his stronghold.ISV — Job 39:28

29 From there he searches for prey, and his eyes recognize it from a distance.ISV — Job 39:29

30 His young ones feast ^{k39:30 Lit. suck up} on blood; he’ll be found wherever there’s a carcass.” ^{l39:30 Or slain}ISV — Job 39:30