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Themes in Job 39
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Themes in Job 39

Job 39:1

Do you know when mountain goats give birth?
Have you watched the deer in labor?

Job 39:2

Can you count the months they are pregnant
so you can know the time they give birth?

Job 39:3

They crouch down to give birth to their young;
they deliver their newborn.

Job 39:4

Their offspring are healthy and grow up in the open field.
They leave and do not return.

Job 39:5

Who set the wild donkey free?
Who released the swift donkey from its harness?

Job 39:6

I made the wilderness its home,
and the salty wasteland its dwelling.

Job 39:7

It scoffs at the noise of the village
and never hears the shouts of a driver.

Job 39:8

It roams the mountains for its pastureland,
searching for anything green.

Job 39:9

Would the wild ox be willing to serve you?
Would it spend the night by your feeding trough?

Job 39:10

Can you hold the wild ox to a furrow by its harness?
Will it plow the valleys behind you?

Job 39:11

Can you depend on it because its strength is great?
Would you leave it to do your hard work?

Job 39:12

Can you trust the wild ox to harvest your grain
and bring it to your threshing floor?

Job 39:13

The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
but are her feathers and plumage like the stork’s?

Job 39:14

She abandons her eggs on the ground
and lets them be warmed in the sand.

Job 39:15

She forgets that a foot may crush them
or that some wild animal may trample them.

Job 39:16

She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own,
with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.

Job 39:17

For God has deprived her of wisdom;
He has not endowed her with understanding.

Job 39:18

When she proudly spreads her wings,
she laughs at the horse and its rider.

Job 39:19

Do you give strength to the horse?
Do you adorn his neck with a mane?

Job 39:20

Do you make him leap like a locust?
His proud snorting fills one with terror.

Job 39:21

He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength;
He charges into battle.

Job 39:22

He laughs at fear, since he is afraid of nothing;
he does not run from the sword.

Job 39:23

A quiver rattles at his side,
along with a flashing spear and a lance.

Job 39:24

He charges ahead with trembling rage;
he cannot stand still at the trumpet’s sound.

Job 39:25

When the trumpet blasts, he snorts defiantly.
He smells the battle from a distance;
he hears the officers’ shouts and the battle cry.

Job 39:26

Does the hawk take flight by your understanding
and spread its wings to the south?

Job 39:27

Does the eagle soar at your command
and make its nest on high?

Job 39:28

It lives on a cliff where it spends the night;
its stronghold is on a rocky crag.

Job 39:29

From there it searches for prey;
its eyes penetrate the distance.

Job 39:30

Its brood gulps down blood,
and where the slain are, it is there.
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