Thematic Bible
Job 39:1 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
Job 39:3 (show verse)
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They cast out their pains.
Job 39:4 (show verse)
Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; They go forth, and return not again.
Job 39:5 (show verse)
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,
Job 39:6 (show verse)
Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?
Job 39:7 (show verse)
He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.
Job 39:8 (show verse)
The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.
Job 39:9 (show verse)
Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?
Job 39:10 (show verse)
Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Job 39:11 (show verse)
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor?
Job 39:12 (show verse)
Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gather the grain of thy threshing-floor?
Job 39:13 (show verse)
The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the pinions and plumage of love?
Job 39:14 (show verse)
For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust,
Job 39:15 (show verse)
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them.
Job 39:16 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
Job 39:18 (show verse)
What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider.
Job 39:19 (show verse)
Hast thou given the horse his might? Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?
Job 39:20 (show verse)
Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible.
Job 39:21 (show verse)
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth out to meet the armed men.
Job 39:22 (show verse)
He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither turneth he back from the sword.
Job 39:23 (show verse)
The quiver rattleth against him, The flashing spear and the javelin.
Job 39:24 (show verse)
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet.
Job 39:25 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, (And) stretcheth her wings toward the south?
Job 39:27 (show verse)
Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high?
Job 39:28 (show verse)
On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.
Job 39:29 (show verse)
From thence she spieth out the prey; Her eyes behold it afar off.
Job 39:30 (show verse)
Her young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she.