Job - Chapter 39 | American Standard Version

  • 1. Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? {cf15i Or} canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
  • 2. Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
  • 3. They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They cast out their pains.
  • 4. Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; They go forth, and return not again.
  • 5. Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,
  • 6. Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?
  • 7. He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.
  • 8. The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.
  • 9. Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?
  • 10. Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
  • 11. Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor?
  • 12. Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gather {cf15i the grain} of thy threshing-floor?
  • 13. The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; {cf15i But} are they the pinions and plumage of love?
  • 14. For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust,
  • 15. And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them.
  • 16. She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain, {cf15i she is} without fear;
  • 17. Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
  • 18. What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider.
  • 19. Hast thou given the horse {cf15i his} might? Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?
  • 20. Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible.
  • 21. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth out to meet the armed men.
  • 22. He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither turneth he back from the sword.
  • 23. The quiver rattleth against him, The flashing spear and the javelin.
  • 24. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet.
  • 25. As oft as the trumpet {cf15i soundeth} he saith, Aha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
  • 26. Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, {cf15i And} stretcheth her wings toward the south?
  • 27. Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high?
  • 28. On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.
  • 29. From thence she spieth out the prey; Her eyes behold it afar off.
  • 30. Her young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she.
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