Job 39:1-30 AMP

[1] “Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock give birth [to their young]? Do you observe the calving of the deer? [2] Can you count the months that they carry offspring, Or do you know the time when they give birth? [3] They kneel down, they bring forth their young, They cast out their labor pains. [4] Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; They leave and do not return to them. [5] “Who sent out the wild donkey free [from dependence on man]? And who has loosed the bonds of the wild donkey [to survive in the wild], [6] To whom I gave the wilderness as his home And the salt land as his dwelling place? [7] He scorns the tumult of the city, And does not hear the shouting of the taskmaster. [8] He explores the mountains as his pasture And searches after every green thing. [9] Will the wild ox be willing to serve you, Or remain beside your manger at night? [10] Can you bind the wild ox with a harness [to the plow] in the furrow? Or will he plow the valleys for you? [11] Will you trust him because his strength is great And leave your labor to him? [12] Will you have faith and depend on him to return your grain And gather it from your threshing floor? [13] “The [flightless] wings of the ostrich wave joyously; With the pinion (shackles, fetters) and plumage of love, [14] For she leaves her eggs on the ground And warms them in the dust, [15] Forgetting that a foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them. [16] She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers; Though her labor is in vain because she is unconcerned [for the safety of her brood], [17] For God has made her forget wisdom, And has not given her a share of understanding. [18] Yet when she lifts herself on high, [So swift is she that] she laughs at the horse and his rider. [19] “Have you given the horse his might? Have you clothed his neck with quivering and a shaking mane? [20] Have you [Job] made him leap like a locust? The majesty of his snorting [nostrils] is terrible. [21] He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; He goes out to meet the weapons [of armed men]. [22] He laughs at fear and is not dismayed; And [in battle] he does not turn back from the sword. [23] The quiver rattles against him, [As do] the flashing spear and the lance [of his rider]. [24] With fierceness and rage he races to devour the ground, And he does not stand still at the sound of the [war] trumpet. [25] As often as the trumpet sounds he says, ‘Aha!’ And he smells the battle from far away, And senses the thunder of the captains and the war cry. [26] “Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, Stretching his wings toward the south [as winter approaches]? [27] Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up And makes his nest on high [in an inaccessible place]? [28] On the cliff he dwells and remains [securely], Upon the point of the rock and the inaccessible stronghold. [29] From there he spies out the prey; His eyes see it from far away. [30] His young ones suck up blood; And where the slain are, there is he.”