Job 39

¹Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,5

²When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?1

³Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry to God, they wander for want of food.

⁴Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

⁵Canst thou number the months that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?10

⁶They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.7

⁷Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not to them.6

⁸Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?5

⁹Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.5

¹⁰He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.7

¹¹The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.10

¹²Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?6

¹³Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?7

¹⁴Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labor to him?

¹⁵Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

¹⁶Gavest thou the goodly wings to the peacocks? or wings and feathers to the ostrich!8

¹⁷Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,7

¹⁸And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.5

¹⁹She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labor is in vain without fear;6

²⁰Because God hath withheld wisdom from her, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.3

²¹When she lifteth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.7

²²Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?3

²³Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.1

²⁴He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.7

²⁵He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.3

²⁶The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.4

²⁷He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.8

²⁸He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.1

²⁹Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings towards the south?1

³⁰Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?3

³¹She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.

³²From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

³³Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.

³⁴Moreover, the LORD answered Job, and said,

³⁵Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

³⁶Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

³⁷Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.

³⁸Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yes, twice; but I will proceed no further.