Job 39

¹[Say] if thou knowest the time of the bringing forth of the wild goats of the rock, and [if] thou hast marked the calving of the hinds:

¹[Say] if you know the time of the bringing forth of the wild goats of the rock, and [if] you have marked the calving of the hinds:

²and [if] thou hast numbered the full months of their being with young, and [if] thou hast relieved their pangs:

²and [if] you have have numbered the full months of their being with young, and [if] you have relieved their pangs:

³and hast reared their young without fear; and wilt thou loosen their pangs?

³and have reared their young without fear; and will you loosen their pangs?

⁴Their young will break forth; they will be multiplied with offspring: [their young] will go forth, and will not return to them.

⁵And who is he that sent forth the wild ass free? and who loosed his bands?

⁶whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, and the salt land his coverts.

⁷He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, and hears not the chiding of the tax-gatherer.

⁸He will survey the mountains [as] his pasture, and he seeks after every green thing.

⁹And will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or to lie down at thy manger?

⁹And will the unicorn be willing to serve you, or to lie down at your manger?

¹⁰And wilt thou bind his yoke with thongs, or will he plough furrows for thee in the plain?

¹⁰And will you bind his yoke with thongs, or will he plow furrows for you in the plain?

¹¹And dost thou trust him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou commit thy works to him?

¹¹And do you trust him, because his strength is great? and will you commit your works to him?

¹²And wilt thou believe that he will return to thee thy seed, and bring [it] in [to] thy threshing -floor?

¹²And will you believe that he will return to you your seed, and bring [it] in [to] your threshing floor?

¹³The peacock has a beautiful wing: if the stork and the ostrich conceive, [it is worthy of notice],

¹⁴for [the ostrich] will leave her eggs in the ground, and warm them on the dust,

¹⁵and has forgotten that the foot will scatter them, and the wild beasts of the field trample them.

¹⁶She has hardened [herself] against her young ones, as though [she bereaved] not herself: she labours in vain without fear.

¹⁶She has hardened [herself] against her young ones, as though [she bereaved] not herself: she labors in vain without fear.

¹⁷For God has withholden wisdom from her, and not given her a portion in understanding.

¹⁸In her season she will lift herself on high; she will scorn the horse and his rider.

¹⁹Hast thou invested the horse with strength, and clothed his neck with terror?

¹⁹Have you invested the horse with strength, and clothed his neck with terror?

²⁰And hast thou clad him in perfect armour, and made his breast glorious with courage?

²⁰And have you clad him in perfect armor, and made his breast glorious with courage?

²¹He paws exulting in the plain, and goes forth in strength into the plain.

²²He laughs to scorn a king as he meets him, and will by no means turn back from the sword.

²³The bow and sword resound against him; and [his] rage will swallow up the ground:

²⁴and he will not believe until the trumpet sounds.

²⁵And when the trumpet sounds, he says, Aha! and afar off he smells the war with prancing and neighing.

²⁶And does the hawk remain steady by thy wisdom, having spread out her wings unmoved, looking toward the region of the south?

²⁶And does the hawk remain steady by your wisdom, having spread out her wings unmoved, looking toward the region of the south?

²⁷And does the eagle rise at thy command, and the vulture remain sitting over his nest,

²⁷And does the eagle rise at your command, and the vulture remain sitting over his nest,

²⁸on a crag of a rock, and in a secret [place]?

²⁹Thence he seeks food, his eyes observe from far.

³⁰And his young ones roll themselves in blood, and wherever the carcases may be, immediately they are found.

³⁰And his young ones roll themselves in blood, and wherever the carcasses may be, immediately they are found.