Job 39:1 (ASV)
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? `Or' canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Job 39:2 (ASV)
Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

Job 39:3 (ASV)
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They cast out their pains.

Job 39:4 (ASV)
Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; They go forth, and return not again.

Job 39:5 (ASV)
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,

Job 39:6 (ASV)
Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?

Job 39:7 (ASV)
He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.

Job 39:8 (ASV)
The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.

Job 39:9 (ASV)
Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?

Job 39:10 (ASV)
Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

Job 39:11 (ASV)
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor?

Job 39:12 (ASV)
Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gather `the grain' of thy threshing-floor?

Job 39:13 (ASV)
The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; `But' are they the pinions and plumage of love?

Job 39:14 (ASV)
For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust,

Job 39:15 (ASV)
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them.

Job 39:16 (ASV)
She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain, `she is' without fear;

Job 39:17 (ASV)
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

Job 39:18 (ASV)
What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider.

Job 39:19 (ASV)
Hast thou given the horse `his' might? Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?

Job 39:20 (ASV)
Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible.

Job 39:21 (ASV)
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth out to meet the armed men.

Job 39:22 (ASV)
He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither turneth he back from the sword.

Job 39:23 (ASV)
The quiver rattleth against him, The flashing spear and the javelin.

Job 39:24 (ASV)
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet.

Job 39:25 (ASV)
As oft as the trumpet `soundeth' he saith, Aha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

Job 39:26 (ASV)
Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, (And) stretcheth her wings toward the south?

Job 39:27 (ASV)
Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high?

Job 39:28 (ASV)
On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.

Job 39:29 (ASV)
From thence she spieth out the prey; Her eyes behold it afar off.

Job 39:30 (ASV)
Her young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she.
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