39:1 |
"Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns? |
39:2 |
Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth? |
39:3 |
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, they end their labor pains. |
39:4 |
Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go forth, and don't return again. |
39:5 |
"Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey, |
39:6 |
Whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place? |
39:7 |
He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver. |
39:8 |
The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches after every green thing. |
39:9 |
"Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough? |
39:10 |
Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you? |
39:11 |
Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor? |
39:12 |
Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor? |
39:13 |
"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love? |
39:14 |
For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust, |
39:15 |
and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them. |
39:16 |
She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear, |
39:17 |
because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding. |
39:18 |
When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider. |
39:19 |
"Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane? |
39:20 |
Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome. |
39:21 |
He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men. |
39:22 |
He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword. |
39:23 |
The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin. |
39:24 |
He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet. |
39:25 |
As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, 'Aha!' He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. |
39:26 |
"Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south? |
39:27 |
Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high? |
39:28 |
On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, on the point of the cliff, and the stronghold. |
39:29 |
From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off. |
39:30 |
His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is." |