Job 39

CHAPTER 39

1 Do you know the time of the birthing of the antelopes of the rock? And did you watch the birth pangs of hinds? 2 And did you count [³months ¹their ²full] of birthing? [⁴birth pangs ¹and ³their ²did you untie]? 3 And did you nourish their offspring outside of fear? [⁴birth pangs ¹and ³their ²will you send away]? 4 [²shall rip forth ¹Their young]; they shall be multiplied in offspring; their young will go forth and in no way shall return to them. 5 And who is the one letting [²donkey ¹the wild] free? [⁵bonds ¹and ⁴his ²who ³untied]? 6 For I established for his habitation a wilderness, and [²for his tents ¹the salt-flats]. 7 He ridicules the great multitude of the city, [³the complaint ¹and ⁴of the tribute-gatherer ²hears not]. 8 He shall survey the mountains as his pasture, and [²after ³every ⁴green thing ¹he seeks]. 9 [²shall ⁴be willing ¹And ⁶to you ³the unicorn ⁵to serve], or to sleep at your stable? 10 And will you tie [²with ³straps ¹his yoke], or will he draw furrows in the plain? 11 And do you rely upon him, because [²is great ¹his strength]? and will you slacken [²for him ¹your works]? 12 And do you trust that he will give back to you the seed, and carry it into your threshing-floor? 13 The wing delighting ostriches; but should [²conceive ¹the stork ²and ³feathers]? 14 for she shall let [²go ³unto ⁴the earth ¹her eggs], and [²upon ³the dust ¹she shall incubate]; 15 and she forgot that the foot will disperse them, and the wild beasts of the field will trample them. 16 She hardened against her offspring, so as to not bereave herself; in vain she tired without fear. 17 For [²quelled ³her ¹God] wisdom, and portioned not to her with understanding. 18 In time [²in ³height ¹she will raise up high]; she will ridicule the horse and his rider. 19 Or did you invest the horse with power, or clothe his neck in fear? 20 And did you invest in him full armor, and the glory of his breast in daring? 21 [²rooting up ³in ⁴the plain ¹He prances], and he goes forth into the plain in strength. 22 [²meeting up with ³spears ¹He ridicules], and in no way turns from an iron weapon. 23 Against him prance the bow and sword; 24 and in anger he shall obliterate the ground. In no way shall he trust until whenever [²signifies ¹the trumpet]; 25 and with the trumpet signifying, he says, Well done! And at a distance he smells war with leaping and crying out. 26 And from your higher knowledge [²set ¹does the hawk] having the look of effrontery with wings fixed looking down towards the south? 27 And at your order [²rise up high ¹does the eagle], and does the vulture [³upon ⁴its nest ¹sit ²lodged], 28 upon the prominence of the rock and is concealed? 29 Being at that place he seeks grain; [³at a distance ¹his eyes ²watch], 30 [³young ¹and ²his] befoul themselves in blood; and where ever ones dying might be, immediately they are found.