Thematic Bible

Job 39:1

Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Can you observe the calving of deer?

Job 39:2

Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time for their bearing,

Job 39:3

when they bow down and bring forth; they send out their pangs.

Job 39:4

Their young ones are strong, they multiply with grain; they go forth and do not return to them again.

Job 39:5

Who has sent out the wild ass free? Or who has loosed the bands of the wild ass,

Job 39:6

to whom I have assigned the wilderness for its home, and the salt land for its dwellings?

Job 39:7

He scorns the turmoil of the city; he does not hear the driver's shouts.

Job 39:8

He seeks out mountains for his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.

Job 39:9

Will the wild ox be willing to serve you, or spend the night by your feed-trough?

Job 39:10

Can you tie the wild ox in the furrow with his rope? Or will he harrow the valleys for you?

Job 39:11

Will you trust him because his strength is great? Or will you leave your labor to him?

Job 39:12

Will you trust him, that he will return your seed and gather it to your grain-floor?

Job 39:13

The wing of the ostrich beats joyously; though not like the stork's pinions for flight.

Job 39:14

For she leaves her eggs to the earth, and lets them warm in the dust,

Job 39:15

and forgets that a foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may break them.

Job 39:16

She treats her young roughly, as if not hers; for her labor is vanity without fear;

Job 39:17

because God has caused her to forget wisdom, and He has not given her a share in understanding.

Job 39:18

At the time she lifts herself up on high, she scorns the horse and its rider.

Job 39:19

Have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck with a mane?

Job 39:20

Can you make him leap like a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrifying.

Job 39:21

He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength; he goes on to meet the weapons.

Job 39:22

He mocks at fear, and is not terrified; and he does not turn back from the sword.

Job 39:23

The quiver rattles against him, the glittering spear and the shield.

Job 39:24

He swallows the ground with quivering and rage; and he does not stand still at the sound of the trumpet.

Job 39:25

When the trumpet sounds, he says, Aha! And he smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

Job 39:26

Does the hawk soar by your understanding? Will he spread his wings toward the south?

Job 39:27

Does the eagle mount up at your command and make his nest on high?

Job 39:28

He lives and stays on the rock, on the crag of the rock and the strong place.

Job 39:29

From there he seeks food, and his eyes see afar off.

Job 39:30

And his young brood also sucks up blood; and where the dead are, there he is.