Job 39:1 (WEB)
"Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?

Job 39:2 (WEB)
Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?

Job 39:3 (WEB)
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They end their labor pains.

Job 39:4 (WEB)
Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go forth, and don't return again.

Job 39:5 (WEB)
"Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,

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

Job 39:7 (WEB)
He scorns the tumult of the city, Neither hears he the shouting of the driver.

Job 39:8 (WEB)
The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches after every green thing.

Job 39:9 (WEB)
"Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?

Job 39:10 (WEB)
Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?

Job 39:11 (WEB)
Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?

Job 39:12 (WEB)
Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, And gather the grain of your threshing floor?

Job 39:13 (WEB)
"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the feathers and plumage of love?

Job 39:14 (WEB)
For she leaves her eggs on the earth, Warms them in the dust,

Job 39:15 (WEB)
And forgets that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild animal may trample them.

Job 39:16 (WEB)
She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,

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

Job 39:18 (WEB)
When she lifts up herself on high, She scorns the horse and his rider.

Job 39:19 (WEB)
"Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?

Job 39:20 (WEB)
Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.

Job 39:21 (WEB)
He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength: He goes out to meet the armed men.

Job 39:22 (WEB)
He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither does he turn back from the sword.

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

Job 39:24 (WEB)
He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, Neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.

Job 39:25 (WEB)
As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, 'Aha!' He smells the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

Job 39:26 (WEB)
"Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, And stretches her wings toward the south?

Job 39:27 (WEB)
Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, And makes his nest on high?

Job 39:28 (WEB)
On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, On the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.

Job 39:29 (WEB)
From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.

Job 39:30 (WEB)
His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is."
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