Job 39 - American Standard Version 2015

¹ Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth?\par\tab {\i Or} canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

² Canst thou number the months that they fulfil?\par\tab Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

³ They bow themselves, they bring forth their young,\par\tab They cast out their pains.

⁴ Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field;\par\tab They go forth, and return not again.\par

⁵ Who hath sent out the wild ass free?\par\tab Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,

⁶ Whose home I have made the wilderness,\par\tab And the salt land his dwelling-place?

⁷ He scorneth the tumult of the city,\par\tab Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.

⁸ The range of the mountains is his pasture,\par\tab And he searcheth after every green thing.

⁹ Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee?\par\tab Or will he abide by thy crib?

¹⁰ Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow?\par\tab Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

¹¹ Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great?\par\tab Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor?

¹² Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed,\par\tab And gather {\i the grain} of thy threshing-floor?\par

¹³ The wings of the ostrich wave proudly;\par\tab {\i But} are they the pinions and plumage of love?

¹⁴ For she leaveth her eggs on the earth,\par\tab And warmeth them in the dust,

¹⁵ And forgetteth that the foot may crush them,\par\tab Or that the wild beast may trample them.

¹⁶ She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers:\par\tab Though her labor be in vain, {\i she is} without fear;

¹⁷ Because God hath deprived her of wisdom,\par\tab Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

¹⁸ What time she lifteth up herself on high,\par\tab She scorneth the horse and his rider.

¹⁹ Hast thou given the horse {\i his} might?\par\tab Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?

²⁰ Hast thou made him to leap as a locust?\par\tab The glory of his snorting is terrible.

²¹ He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength:\par\tab He goeth out to meet the armed men.

²² He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed;\par\tab Neither turneth he back from the sword.

²³ The quiver rattleth against him,\par\tab The flashing spear and the javelin.

²⁴ He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage;\par\tab Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet.

²⁵ As oft as the trumpet {\i soundeth} he saith, Aha!\par\tab And he smelleth the battle afar off,\par\tab The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.\par

²⁶ Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth,\par\tab {\i And} stretcheth her wings toward the south?

²⁷ Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up,\par\tab And maketh her nest on high?

²⁸ On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home,\par\tab Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.

²⁹ From thence she spieth out the prey;\par\tab Her eyes behold it afar off.

³⁰ Her young ones also suck up blood:\par\tab And where the slain are, there is she.\par