Thematic Bible

Job 39:1

Knowest thou the season when the Wild Goats of the crags beget? The bringing forth of the hinds, canst thou observe?

Job 39:2

Canst thou count the months they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they give birth?

Job 39:3

They kneel down, their young, they bring forth; their pains, they throw off;

Job 39:4

Their young become strong, they grow up in the open field, they go out, and return not unto them.

Job 39:5

Who hath sent forth the Wild Ass free? And, the bands of the swift-runner, who hath loosed?

Job 39:6

Whose house I have made the waste plain, and his dwellings, the land of salt:

Job 39:7

He laugheth at the throng of the city, The shoutings of the driver, he heareth not;

Job 39:8

He espieth the mountains, his pasture-ground, and, after every green thing, maketh search.

Job 39:9

Will the Wild-Ox be pleased to be thy servant? or lodge for the night by thy crib?

Job 39:10

Canst thou bind the wild-ox, so that - with the ridge - shall run his cord? Or will he harrow the furrows after thee?

Job 39:11

Wilt thou trust in him, because of the greatness of his strength? Wilt thou leave unto him thy toil?

Job 39:12

Wilt thou put faith in him, that he will bring back thy seed? and that, corn for thy threshing-floor, he will gather?

Job 39:13

The wing of the Ostrich that waveth itself joyfully, Is it the pinion of lovingkindness or the plumage?

Job 39:14

For she leaveth - to the earth - her eggs, and, on the dust, she letteth them be warmed;

Job 39:15

And hath forgotten, that, a foot, may crush them, - or, the wild beast, tread on them!

Job 39:16

Dealing hardly with her young, as none-of hers, In vain, her labour, without dread.

Job 39:17

For GOD hath suffered her to forget wisdom, and given her no share in understanding.

Job 39:18

What time, on high, she vibrateth her wings, she laugheth at the horse and his rider.

Job 39:19

Couldst thou give - to the Horse - strength? Couldst thou clothe his neck with the quivering mane?

Job 39:20

Couldst thou cause him to leap like a locust? The majesty of his snort, is a terror!

Job 39:21

He diggeth into the plain, and rejoiceth in vigour, he goeth forth to meet armour;

Job 39:22

He laugheth at dread, and is not dismayed, neither turneth he back, from the face of the sword;

Job 39:23

Against him, whiz the arrows of the quiver, the flashing head of spear and javelin;

Job 39:24

With stamping and rage, he drinketh up the ground, - he will not stand still when the horn soundeth;

Job 39:25

As oft as the horn soundeth, he saith, Aha! And, from afar, he scenteth the battle, - the thunder of commanders and the war-cry.

Job 39:26

Is it, by thine understanding, that the Bird of Passage betaketh him to his pinions? spreadeth out his wings to the south?

Job 39:27

Or, at thy bidding, that the Eagle mounteth, and that he setteth on high his nest?

Job 39:28

The crag, he inhabiteth, and so lodgeth himself, on the tooth of the crag, and high fort;

Job 39:29

From thence, he searcheth out food, far away, his eyes do pierce;

Job 39:30

And, his young brood, suck up blood, and, where the slain are, there, is he.