Thematic Bible
Job 39:1 (show verse)
Knowest thou the season when the Wild Goats of the crags beget? The bringing forth of the hinds, canst thou observe?
Job 39:2 (show verse)
Canst thou count the months they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they give birth?
Job 39:3 (show verse)
They kneel down, their young, they bring forth; their pains, they throw off;
Job 39:4 (show verse)
Their young become strong, they grow up in the open field, they go out, and return not unto them.
Job 39:5 (show verse)
Who hath sent forth the Wild Ass free? And, the bands of the swift-runner, who hath loosed?
Job 39:6 (show verse)
Whose house I have made the waste plain, and his dwellings, the land of salt:
Job 39:7 (show verse)
He laugheth at the throng of the city, The shoutings of the driver, he heareth not;
Job 39:8 (show verse)
He espieth the mountains, his pasture-ground, and, after every green thing, maketh search.
Job 39:9 (show verse)
Will the Wild-Ox be pleased to be thy servant? or lodge for the night by thy crib?
Job 39:10 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
Wilt thou trust in him, because of the greatness of his strength? Wilt thou leave unto him thy toil?
Job 39:12 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
The wing of the Ostrich that waveth itself joyfully, Is it the pinion of lovingkindness or the plumage?
Job 39:14 (show verse)
For she leaveth - to the earth - her eggs, and, on the dust, she letteth them be warmed;
Job 39:15 (show verse)
And hath forgotten, that, a foot, may crush them, - or, the wild beast, tread on them!
Job 39:16 (show verse)
Dealing hardly with her young, as none-of hers, In vain, her labour, without dread.
Job 39:17 (show verse)
For GOD hath suffered her to forget wisdom, and given her no share in understanding.
Job 39:18 (show verse)
What time, on high, she vibrateth her wings, she laugheth at the horse and his rider.
Job 39:19 (show verse)
Couldst thou give - to the Horse - strength? Couldst thou clothe his neck with the quivering mane?
Job 39:20 (show verse)
Couldst thou cause him to leap like a locust? The majesty of his snort, is a terror!
Job 39:21 (show verse)
He diggeth into the plain, and rejoiceth in vigour, he goeth forth to meet armour;
Job 39:22 (show verse)
He laugheth at dread, and is not dismayed, neither turneth he back, from the face of the sword;
Job 39:23 (show verse)
Against him, whiz the arrows of the quiver, the flashing head of spear and javelin;
Job 39:24 (show verse)
With stamping and rage, he drinketh up the ground, - he will not stand still when the horn soundeth;
Job 39:25 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
Or, at thy bidding, that the Eagle mounteth, and that he setteth on high his nest?
Job 39:28 (show verse)
The crag, he inhabiteth, and so lodgeth himself, on the tooth of the crag, and high fort;
Job 39:29 (show verse)
From thence, he searcheth out food, far away, his eyes do pierce;
Job 39:30 (show verse)
And, his young brood, suck up blood, and, where the slain are, there, is he.