Job 39 — ASV

39Verse 1Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth?
Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
^{Verse 2}Canst thou number the months that they fulfil?
Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
^{Verse 3}They bow themselves, they bring forth their young,
They cast out their pains.
^{Verse 4}Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field;
They go forth, and return not again.^{Verse 5}Who hath sent out the wild ass free?
Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,
^{Verse 6}Whose home I have made the wilderness,
And the salt land his dwelling-place?
^{Verse 7}He scorneth the tumult of the city,
Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.
^{Verse 8}The range of the mountains is his pasture,
And he searcheth after every green thing.
^{Verse 9}Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee?
Or will he abide by thy crib?
^{Verse 10}Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow?
Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
^{Verse 11}Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great?
Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor?
^{Verse 12}Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed,
And gather the grain of thy threshing-floor?^{Verse 13}The wings of the ostrich wave proudly;
But are they the pinions and plumage of love?
^{Verse 14}For she leaveth her eggs on the earth,
And warmeth them in the dust,
^{Verse 15}And forgetteth that the foot may crush them,
Or that the wild beast may trample them.
^{Verse 16}She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers:
Though her labor be in vain, she is without fear;
^{Verse 17}Because God hath deprived her of wisdom,
Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
^{Verse 18}What time she lifteth up herself on high,
She scorneth the horse and his rider.^{Verse 19}Hast thou given the horse his might?
Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?
^{Verse 20}Hast thou made him to leap as a locust?
The glory of his snorting is terrible.
^{Verse 21}He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength:
He goeth out to meet the armed men.
^{Verse 22}He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed;
Neither turneth he back from the sword.
^{Verse 23}The quiver rattleth against him,
The flashing spear and the javelin.
^{Verse 24}He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage;
Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet.
^{Verse 25}As oft as the trumpet soundeth he saith, Aha!
And he smelleth the battle afar off,
The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.^{Verse 26}Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth,
And stretcheth her wings toward the south?
^{Verse 27}Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up,
And maketh her nest on high?
^{Verse 28}On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home,
Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.
^{Verse 29}From thence she spieth out the prey;
Her eyes behold it afar off.
^{Verse 30}Her young ones also suck up blood:
And where the slain are, there is she.