Thematic Bible

Job 39:1

“Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock give birth [to their young]?
Do you observe the calving of the deer?

Job 39:2


“Can you count the months that they carry offspring,
Or do you know the time when they give birth?

Job 39:3


“They kneel down, they bring forth their young,
They cast out their labor pains.

Job 39:4


“Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field;
They leave and do not return to them.

Job 39:5


“Who sent out the wild donkey free [from dependence on man]?
And who has loosed the bonds of the wild donkey [to survive in the wild],

Job 39:6


To whom I gave the wilderness as his home
And the salt land as his dwelling place?

Job 39:7


“He scorns the tumult of the city,
And does not hear the shouting of the taskmaster.

Job 39:8


“He explores the mountains as his pasture
And searches after every green thing.

Job 39:9


“Will the wild ox be willing to serve you,
Or remain beside your manger at night?

Job 39:10


“Can you bind the wild ox with a harness [to the plow] in the furrow?
Or will he plow the valleys for you?

Job 39:11


“Will you trust him because his strength is great
And leave your labor to him?

Job 39:12


“Will you have faith and depend on him to return your grain
And gather it from your threshing floor?

Job 39:13


“The [flightless] wings of the ostrich wave joyously;
With the pinion (shackles, fetters) and plumage of love,

Job 39:14


For she leaves her eggs on the ground
And warms them in the dust,

Job 39:15


Forgetting that a foot may crush them,
Or that the wild beast may trample them.

Job 39:16


“She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers;
Though her labor is in vain because she is unconcerned [for the safety of her brood],

Job 39:17


For God has made her forget wisdom,
And has not given her a share of understanding.

Job 39:18


“Yet when she lifts herself on high,
[So swift is she that] she laughs at the horse and his rider.

Job 39:19


“Have you given the horse his might?
Have you clothed his neck with quivering and a shaking mane?

Job 39:20


“Have you [Job] made him leap like a locust?
The majesty of his snorting [nostrils] is terrible.

Job 39:21


“He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength;
He goes out to meet the weapons [of armed men].

Job 39:22


“He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;
And [in battle] he does not turn back from the sword.

Job 39:23


“The quiver rattles against him,
[As do] the flashing spear and the lance [of his rider].

Job 39:24


“With fierceness and rage he races to devour the ground,
And he does not stand still at the sound of the [war] trumpet.

Job 39:25


“As often as the trumpet sounds he says, ‘Aha!’
And he smells the battle from far away,
And senses the thunder of the captains and the war cry.

Job 39:26


“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars,
Stretching his wings toward the south [as winter approaches]?

Job 39:27


“Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up
And makes his nest on high [in an inaccessible place]?

Job 39:28


“On the cliff he dwells and remains [securely],
Upon the point of the rock and the inaccessible stronghold.

Job 39:29


“From there he spies out the prey;
His eyes see it from far away.

Job 39:30


“His young ones suck up blood;
And where the slain are, there is he.”