Job 39:1-12 ▼

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?

11 Will you trust him because his power is great And leave your labor to him?

12 Will you believe him that he will return your seed of grain And gather it from your threshing floor?