Job 39:1-10 ▼

1 “Do you know the time the mountain goats give birth? Do you keep watch over the calving of the deer?

2 Can you count the months they fulfill, Or do you know the time they give birth?

3 They kneel down; they bring forth their young; They send out their labor pains.

4 Their children become strong; they grow up in the open field; They leave and do not return to them.

5 “Who sent out the wild donkey free? And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,

6 For whom I have set the desert plain as a home And the salt land as his dwelling place?

7 He laughs at the tumult of the city; The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.

8 He explores the mountains for his pasture And searches after every green thing.

9 Will the wild ox consent to serve you, Or will he spend the night at your manger?

10 Can you bind the wild ox in a furrow with ropes, Or will he harrow the valleys after you?