Job

Chapter 39

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¹Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?3 sermons²Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?³They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.⁴Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.2 sermons⁵Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?⁶Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.⁷He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.⁸The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.2 sermons⁹Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?1 sermon¹⁰Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?¹¹Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?¹²Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?¹³Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?4 sermons¹⁴Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,¹⁵And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.¹⁶She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;¹⁷Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.¹⁸What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.¹⁹Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?2 sermons²⁰Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.²¹He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.²²He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.²³The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.²⁴He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.²⁵He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.²⁶Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?2 sermons²⁷Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?²⁸She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.²⁹From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.³⁰Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.