Job 39 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

God Speaks of Nature and Its Beings

Job 39:1

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth?

Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Job 39:2

Canst thou number the months that they fulfil?

Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

Job 39:3

They bow themselves, they bring forth their young,

They cast out their pains.

Job 39:4

Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field;

They go forth, and return not again.

Job 39:5

Who hath sent out the wild ass free?

Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,

Job 39:6

Whose home I have made the wilderness,

And the salt land his dwelling-place?

Job 39:7

He scorneth the tumult of the city,

Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.

Job 39:8

The range of the mountains is his pasture,

And he searcheth after every green thing.

Job 39:9

Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee?

Or will he abide by thy crib?

Job 39:10

Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow?

Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

Job 39:11

Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great?

Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor?

Job 39:12

Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed,

And gather the grain of thy threshing-floor?

Job 39:13

The wings of the ostrich wave proudly;

But are they the pinions and plumage of love?

Job 39:14

For she leaveth her eggs on the earth,

And warmeth them in the dust,

Job 39:15

And forgetteth that the foot may crush them,

Or that the wild beast may trample them.

Job 39:16

She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers:

Though her labor be in vain, she is without fear;

Job 39:17

Because God hath deprived her of wisdom,

Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

Job 39:18

What time she lifteth up herself on high,

She scorneth the horse and his rider.

Job 39:19

Hast thou given the horse his might?

Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?

Job 39:20

Hast thou made him to leap as a locust?

The glory of his snorting is terrible.

Job 39:21

He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength:

He goeth out to meet the armed men.

Job 39:22

He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed;

Neither turneth he back from the sword.

Job 39:23

The quiver rattleth against him,

The flashing spear and the javelin.

Job 39:24

He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage;

Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet.

Job 39:25

As oft as the trumpet soundeth he saith, Aha!

And he smelleth the battle afar off,

The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

Job 39:26

Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth,

And stretcheth her wings toward the south?

Job 39:27

Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up,

And maketh her nest on high?

Job 39:28

On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home,

Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.

Job 39:29

From thence she spieth out the prey;

Her eyes behold it afar off.

Job 39:30

Her young ones also suck up blood:

And where the slain are, there is she.

Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Job 39 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

God Speaks of Nature and Its Beings

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