Job 39

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Do you know at what time the wild goats have given birth among the rocks, or do you observe the deer when they go into labor?	1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
2 Have you numbered the months since their conception, and do you know at what time they gave birth?	2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
3 They bend themselves for their offspring, and they give birth, and they emit roars.	3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
4 Their young are weaned and go out to feed; they depart and do not return to them.	4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
5 Who has set the wild ass free, and who has released his bonds?	5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
6 I have given a house in solitude to him, and his tabernacle is in the salted land.	6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
7 He despises the crowded city; he does not pay attention to the bellow of the tax collector.	7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
8 He looks around the mountains of his pasture, and he searches everywhere for green plants.	8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
9 Will the rhinoceros be willing to serve you, and will he remain in your stall?	9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
10 Can you detain the rhinoceros with your harness to plough for you, and will he loosen the soil of the furrows behind you?	10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
11 Will you put your faith in his great strength, and delegate your labors to him?	11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
12 Will you trust him to return to you the seed, and to gather it on your drying floor?	12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
13 The wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron, and of the hawk.	13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
14 When she leaves eggs behind in the earth, will you perhaps warm them in the dust?	14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
15 She forgets that feet may trample them, or that the beasts of the field may shatter them.	15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
16 She is hardened against her young, as if they were not hers; she has labored in vain, with no fear compelling her.	16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
17 For God has deprived her of wisdom; neither has he given her understanding.	17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
18 Yet, when the time is right, she raises her wings on high; she ridicules the horse and his rider.	18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
19 Will you supply strength to the horse, or envelope his throat with neighing?	19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
20 Will you alarm him as the locusts do? His panic is revealed by the display of his nostrils.	20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
21 He digs at the earth with his hoof; he jumps around boldly; he advances to meet armed men.	21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
22 He despises fear; he does not turn away from the sword.	22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
23 Above him, the quiver rattles, the spear and the shield shake.	23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
24 Seething and raging, he drinks up the earth; neither does he pause when the blast of the trumpet sounds.	24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
25 When he hears the bugle, he says, “Ha!” He smells the battle from a distance, the exhortation of the officers, and the battle cry of the soldiers.	25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26 Does the hawk grow feathers by means of your wisdom, spreading her wings towards the south?	26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
27 Will the eagle lift herself up at your command and make her nest in steep places?	27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
28 She dwells among the rocks, and she lingers among broken boulders and inaccessible cliffs.	28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
29 From there, she looks for food, and her eyes catch sight of it from far away.	29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
30 Her young will drink blood, and wherever the carcass will be, she is there immediately.	30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
31 And the Lord continued, and he said to Job:
32 Will he who contends with God be so easily silenced? Certainly, he who argues with God must also respond to him.
33 Then Job answered the Lord, saying:
34 What could I possibly answer, since I have been speaking thoughtlessly? I will place my hand over my mouth.
35 One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said; and another, to which I will add no more.