Job 39:1 (BSB)
“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?

Job 39:2 (BSB)
Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?

Job 39:3 (BSB)
They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn.

Job 39:4 (BSB)
Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.

Job 39:5 (BSB)
Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?

Job 39:6 (BSB)
I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.

Job 39:7 (BSB)
He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.

Job 39:8 (BSB)
He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.

Job 39:9 (BSB)
Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?

Job 39:10 (BSB)
Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?

Job 39:11 (BSB)
Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?

Job 39:12 (BSB)
Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?

Job 39:13 (BSB)
The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.

Job 39:14 (BSB)
For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.

Job 39:15 (BSB)
She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.

Job 39:16 (BSB)
She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.

Job 39:17 (BSB)
For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.

Job 39:18 (BSB)
Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.

Job 39:19 (BSB)
Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?

Job 39:20 (BSB)
Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?

Job 39:21 (BSB)
He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.

Job 39:22 (BSB)
He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.

Job 39:23 (BSB)
A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance.

Job 39:24 (BSB)
Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.

Job 39:25 (BSB)
At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar—the shouts of captains and the cry of war.

Job 39:26 (BSB)
Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?

Job 39:27 (BSB)
Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?

Job 39:28 (BSB)
He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.

Job 39:29 (BSB)
From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.

Job 39:30 (BSB)
His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”
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