Job 39:1-17 ▼

1 Knewest thou the time of the bringing forth of the wild goats of the rock? and wilt thou watch the bearing of the hinds?

2 Wilt thou number the months they shall fill up? and didst thou know the time of their bringing forth?

3 They will bow, they will bring forth their children, they will cast forth their pains.

4 Their sons will be fat, they will increase with grain; they will go forth and not turn back to them.

5 Who sent the wild ass free? and who opened the bonds of the wild ass?

6 To whom did I set the desert his house, and the salt land his dwellings?

7 He will laugh at the multitude of the city; he will not hear the noise of him driving.

8 The searching out of the mountains his pasture, and he will seek after every green thing.

9 Will the buffalo be willing to serve thee, or will he lodge by thy stall?

10 Wilt thou bind the buffalo in the furrow with cords, or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

11 Wilt thou trust in him because great his strength? and wilt thou leave to him thy labor?

12 Wilt thou believe in him that he will turn back thy seed and gather to thy threshing-floor?

13 The wings of ostriches exulted; and the wing-feather of the stork and the pinion.

14 For she will leave her eggs to the earth, and she will warm them in the dust;

15 And she will forget that the foot will press it, and the beast of the field will crush it.

16 She made hard to her sons as not to her: her labor in vain without fear;

17 For God caused her to forget wisdom, and he divided not to her in understanding.