Thematic Bible
Job 39:1 (show verse)
Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Can you observe the calving of deer?
Job 39:2 (show verse)
Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time for their bearing,
Job 39:3 (show verse)
when they bow down and bring forth; they send out their pangs.
Job 39:4 (show verse)
Their young ones are strong, they multiply with grain; they go forth and do not return to them again.
Job 39:5 (show verse)
Who has sent out the wild ass free? Or who has loosed the bands of the wild ass,
Job 39:6 (show verse)
to whom I have assigned the wilderness for its home, and the salt land for its dwellings?
Job 39:7 (show verse)
He scorns the turmoil of the city; he does not hear the driver's shouts.
Job 39:8 (show verse)
He seeks out mountains for his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.
Job 39:9 (show verse)
Will the wild ox be willing to serve you, or spend the night by your feed-trough?
Job 39:10 (show verse)
Can you tie the wild ox in the furrow with his rope? Or will he harrow the valleys for you?
Job 39:11 (show verse)
Will you trust him because his strength is great? Or will you leave your labor to him?
Job 39:12 (show verse)
Will you trust him, that he will return your seed and gather it to your grain-floor?
Job 39:13 (show verse)
The wing of the ostrich beats joyously; though not like the stork's pinions for flight.
Job 39:14 (show verse)
For she leaves her eggs to the earth, and lets them warm in the dust,
Job 39:15 (show verse)
and forgets that a foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may break them.
Job 39:16 (show verse)
She treats her young roughly, as if not hers; for her labor is vanity without fear;
Job 39:17 (show verse)
because God has caused her to forget wisdom, and He has not given her a share in understanding.
Job 39:18 (show verse)
At the time she lifts herself up on high, she scorns the horse and its rider.
Job 39:19 (show verse)
Have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck with a mane?
Job 39:20 (show verse)
Can you make him leap like a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrifying.
Job 39:21 (show verse)
He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength; he goes on to meet the weapons.
Job 39:22 (show verse)
He mocks at fear, and is not terrified; and he does not turn back from the sword.
Job 39:23 (show verse)
The quiver rattles against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
Job 39:24 (show verse)
He swallows the ground with quivering and rage; and he does not stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
Job 39:25 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
Does the hawk soar by your understanding? Will he spread his wings toward the south?
Job 39:27 (show verse)
Does the eagle mount up at your command and make his nest on high?
Job 39:28 (show verse)
He lives and stays on the rock, on the crag of the rock and the strong place.
Job 39:29 (show verse)
From there he seeks food, and his eyes see afar off.
Job 39:30 (show verse)
And his young brood also sucks up blood; and where the dead are, there he is.