Job 39:1
“Do you know H3045 the time H6256 the [fn]mountain H3277 H5553 goats H3277 give H3205 birth H3205?
Do you keep H8104 watch H8104 over the calving H2342 of the deer H355?
Job 39:2
“Can you count H5608 the months H3391 they fulfill H4390,
Or do you know H3045 the time H6256 they give H3205 birth H3205?
Job 39:3
“They kneel H3766 down H3766; they bring H6398 forth H6398 their young H3206;
They send H7971 out H7971 their labor H2256 pains H2256.
Job 39:4
“Their children H1121 become H2492 strong H2492; they grow H7235 up H7235 in the open H1250 field H1250;
They leave H3318 and do not return H7725 to them.
Job 39:5
“Who H4310 sent H7971 out H7971 the wild H6501 donkey H6501 free H2670?
And who H4310 loosed H6605 the bonds H4147 of the swift H6171 donkey H6171,
Job 39:6
For whom H834 I have set H7760 the desert H6160 plain H6160 as a home H1004
And the salt H4420 land H4420 as his dwelling H4908 place H4908?
Job 39:7
“He laughs H7832 at the tumult H1995 of the city H7151;
The shoutings H8663 of the driver H5065 he does not hear H8085.
Job 39:8
“He explores H8446 the mountains H2022 for his pasture H4829
And searches H1875 after H310 every H3605 green H3387 thing H3387.
Job 39:9
“Will the wild H7214 ox H7214 consent H14 to serve H5647 you,
Or H518 will he spend H3885 the H3885 night H3885 at your manger H18?
Job 39:10
“Can you bind H7194 the wild H7214 ox H7214 in a furrow H8525 with [fn]ropes H5688,
Or H518 will he harrow H7702 the valleys H6010 after H310 you?
Job 39:11
“Will you trust H539 him because H3588 his power H3581 is great H7227
And leave H5800 your labor H3018 to him?
Job 39:12
“Will you believe H539 him that he will return H7725 your seed H2233 of grain
And gather H622 it from your threshing H1637 floor H1637?
Job 39:13
“The ostriches’ H7443 wings H3671 flap H5965 joyously H5965
But are they the pinion H84 and plumage H5133 of a [fn]stork H2623?
Job 39:14
For she leaves H5800 her eggs H1000 to the earth H776
And warms H2552 them in the dust H6083,
Job 39:15
And she forgets H7911 that a foot H7272 may crush H2115 [fn]them,
Or that a beast H2416 of the field H7704 may trample H1758 [fn]them.
Job 39:16
“She treats H7188 her children H1121 cruelly H7188, as if they were not hers;
Though her labor H3018 be empty H7385, she is without H1097 dread H6343,
Job 39:17
Because H3588 God H433 has made her forget H5382 wisdom H2451,
And has not given H2505 her a H2505 share H2505 of understanding H998.
Job 39:18
“When H6256 she raises H4754 herself up high H4791,
She laughs H7832 at the horse H5483 and his rider H7392.
Job 39:19
“Do you give H5414 the horse H5483 his might H1369?
Do you clothe H3847 his neck H6677 with a mane H7483?
Job 39:20
“Do you make him leap H7493 like the locust H697?
His splendid H1935 snorting H5170 is terrible H367.
Job 39:21
“[fn]He paws H2658 in the valley H6010 and rejoices H7797 in his power H3581;
He goes H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 the weapons H5402.
Job 39:22
“He laughs H7832 at dread H6343 and is not dismayed H2865;
And he does not turn H7725 back H7725 from the sword H2719.
Job 39:23
“The quiver H827 rattles H7439 against H5921 him,
The flashing H3851 spear H2595 and javelin H3591.
Job 39:24
“With shaking H7494 and rage H7267 he [fn]races H1572 over the ground H776,
And he does not [fn]stand H539 still H539 at the sound H6963 of the trumpet H7782.
Job 39:25
“As often H1767 as the trumpet H7782 sounds he says H559, ‘Aha H1889!’
And he scents H7306 the battle H4421 from afar H7350,
And the thunder H7482 of the commanders H8269 and the shout H8643 of war.
Job 39:26
“Is it by your understanding H998 that the hawk H5322 soars H82,
Stretching H6566 his wings H3671 toward the south H8486?
Job 39:27
“Is it at your [fn]command H6310 that the eagle H5404 goes H1361 on high H1361
And raises H7311 his nest H7064 high H7311?
Job 39:28
“On the cliff H5553 he dwells H7931 and lodges H3885,
Upon the rocky H5553 crag H8127, a fortress H4686.
Job 39:29
“From there H8033 he [fn]spies H2658 out H2658 food H400;
His eyes H5869 see H5027 it from afar H7350.
Job 39:30
“His young H667 ones H667 also suck H5966 up H5966 blood H1818;
And where H834 the slain H2491 are, there H8033 is he.”
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