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The Book of Job
Chapter 39
American Standard Version| Jb 39:1 | Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? |
| Jb 39:2 | Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? |
| Jb 39:3 | They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They cast out their pains. |
| Jb 39:4 | Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; They go forth, and return not again. |
| Jb 39:5 | Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass, |
| Jb 39:6 | Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place? |
| Jb 39:7 | He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver. |
| Jb 39:8 | The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing. |
| Jb 39:9 | Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib? |
| Jb 39:10 | Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee? |
| Jb 39:11 | Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor? |
| Jb 39:12 | Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gather the grain of thy threshing-floor? |
| Jb 39:13 | The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the pinions and plumage of love? |
| Jb 39:14 | For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, |
| Jb 39:15 | And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them. |
| Jb 39:16 | She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain, she is without fear; |
| Jb 39:17 | Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding. |
| Jb 39:18 | What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider. |
| Jb 39:19 | Hast thou given the horse his might? Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane? |
| Jb 39:20 | Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible. |
| Jb 39:21 | He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth out to meet the armed men. |
| Jb 39:22 | He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither turneth he back from the sword. |
| Jb 39:23 | The quiver rattleth against him, The flashing spear and the javelin. |
| Jb 39:24 | He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet. |
| Jb 39:25 | As oft as the trumpet soundeth he saith, Aha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting. |
| Jb 39:26 | Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, (And) stretcheth her wings toward the south? |
| Jb 39:27 | Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high? |
| Jb 39:28 | On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold. |
| Jb 39:29 | From thence she spieth out the prey; Her eyes behold it afar off. |
| Jb 39:30 | Her young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she. |