Hiob 39

1. ¹Hast thou known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? The bringing forth of hinds thou dost mark!
2. ²Thou dost number the months they fulfil? And thou hast known the time of their bringing forth!
3. ³They bow down, Their young ones they bring forth safely, Their pangs they cast forth.
4. ⁴Safe are their young ones, They grow up in the field, they have gone out, And have not returned to them.
5. ⁵Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened?
6. ⁶Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,
7. ⁷He doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not.
8. ⁸The range of mountains `is' his pasture, And after every green thing he seeketh.
9. ⁹Is a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib?
10. ¹⁰Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow `with' his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?
11. ¹¹Dost thou trust in him because great `is' his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour?
12. ¹²Dost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And `to' thy threshing-floor doth gather `it'?
13. ¹³The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.
14. ¹⁴For she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them,
15. ¹⁵And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down.
16. ¹⁶Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain `is' her labour without fear.
17. ¹⁷For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her in understanding:
18. ¹⁸At the time on high she lifteth herself up, She laugheth at the horse and at his rider.
19. ¹⁹Dost thou give to the horse might? Dost thou clothe his neck `with' a mane?
20. ²⁰Dost thou cause him to rush as a locust? The majesty of his snorting `is' terrible.
21. ²¹They dig in a valley, and he rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour.
22. ²²He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted, And he turneth not back from the face of the sword.
23. ²³Against him rattle doth quiver, The flame of a spear, and a halbert.
24. ²⁴With trembling and rage he swalloweth the ground, And remaineth not stedfast Because of the sound of a trumpet.
25. ²⁵Among the trumpets he saith, Aha, And from afar he doth smell battle, Roaring of princes and shouting.
26. ²⁶By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?
27. ²⁷At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest?
28. ²⁸A rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.
29. ²⁹From thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively,
30. ³⁰And his brood gulph up blood, And where the pierced `are' -- there `is' he!

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