39:1 | | Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? |
39:2 | | Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? |
39:3 | | They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. |
39:4 | | Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them. |
39:5 | | Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? |
39:6 | | Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. |
39:7 | | He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. |
39:8 | | The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. |
39:9 | | Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? |
39:10 | | Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? |
39:11 | | Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? |
39:12 | | Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn? |
39:13 | | Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? |
39:14 | | Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, |
39:15 | | And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. |
39:16 | | She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear; |
39:17 | | Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding. |
39:18 | | What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider. |
39:19 | | Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? |
39:20 | | Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. |
39:21 | | He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. |
39:22 | | He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. |
39:23 | | The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. |
39:24 | | He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. |
39:25 | | He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. |
39:26 | | Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south? |
39:27 | | Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? |
39:28 | | She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. |
39:29 | | From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. |
39:30 | | Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she. |