Job 39:1
“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?
Job 39:2
Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?
Job 39:3
They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn.
Job 39:4
Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.
Job 39:5
Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?
Job 39:6
I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.
Job 39:7
He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
Job 39:8
He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.
Job 39:9
Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
Job 39:10
Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
Job 39:11
Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?
Job 39:12
Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
Job 39:13
The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.
Job 39:14
For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.
Job 39:15
She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.
Job 39:16
She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.
Job 39:17
For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.
Job 39:18
Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
Job 39:19
Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?
Job 39:20
Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?
Job 39:21
He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.
Job 39:22
He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.
Job 39:23
A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance.
Job 39:24
Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.
Job 39:25
At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar, the shouts of captains and the cry of war.
Job 39:26
Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?
Job 39:27
Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?
Job 39:28
He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.
Job 39:29
From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.
Job 39:30
His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”