Job 39:1-10 ▼

1 Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the deer in labor?

2 Can you count the months they are pregnant so you can know the time they give birth?

3 They crouch down to give birth to their young; they deliver their newborn.

4 Their offspring are healthy and grow up in the open field. They leave and do not return.

5 Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from its harness?

6 I made the desert its home, and the salty wasteland its dwelling.

7 It scoffs at the noise of the village and never hears the shouts of a driver.

8 It roams the mountains for its pastureland, searching for anything green.

9 Would the wild ox be willing to serve you? Would it spend the night by your feeding trough?

10 Can you hold the wild ox to a furrow by its harness? Will it plow the valleys behind you?