Job 39:5-30 ▼

5 Who has sent forth the wild donkey free? Indeed, who opened the bands of the wild donkey?

6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, || And his dwellings the barren land,

7 He laughs at the multitude of a city, || He does not hear the cries of an exactor.

8 The range of mountains [is] his pasture, || And he seeks after every green thing.

9 Is a wild ox willing to serve you? Does he lodge by your crib?

10 Do you bind a wild ox in a furrow [with] his thick band? Does he harrow valleys after you?

11 Do you trust in him because his power [is] great? And do you leave your labor to him?

12 Do you trust in him || That he brings back your seed, || And gathers [it to] your threshing-floor?

13 [The] wing of the crying ostriches exults, but as a pinion and feather of a stork?

14 For she leaves her eggs on the earth, || And she warms them on the dust,

15 And she forgets that a foot may press it, || And a beast of the field treads it down.

16 It has hardened her young ones without her, || Her labor [is] in vain, without fear.

17 For God has caused her to forget wisdom, || And He has not given a portion || To her in understanding;

18 At the time she lifts herself up on high, || She laughs at the horse and his rider.

19 Do you give might to the horse? Do you clothe his neck [with] a mane?

20 Do you cause him to rush as a locust? The splendor of his snorting [is] terrible.

21 They dig in a valley, and he rejoices in power, || He goes forth to meet the armor.

22 He laughs at fear, and is not frightened, || And he does not turn back from the face of the sword.

23 Quiver rattles against him, || The flame of a spear, and a javelin.

24 He swallows the ground with trembling and rage, || And does not remain steadfast || Because of the sound of a horn.

25 Among the horns he says, Aha, || And from afar he smells battle, || Roaring of princes and shouting.

26 By your understanding does a hawk fly? Does he spread his wings to the south?

27 At your command does an eagle go up high? Or lift up his nest?

28 He inhabits a rock, || Indeed, he lodges on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.

29 From there he has sought food, || His eyes look attentively to a far-off place,

30 And his brood sucks up blood, || And where the pierced [are]—there [is] he!”