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Job 38

## The Book of Job

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

Job 40

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