Job 39

1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? ‡ Psa 29:91Sa 24:2Psa 104:18Deu 14:5Jer 14:5 2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? ‡ Jer 2:24 3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. 4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them. 5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? ‡ Job 11:12Job 24:5Job 6:5Psa 104:11Dan 5:21Gen 16:12Gen 49:14Hos 8:9 +36 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. ¹ ‡ Psa 107:34Deu 29:23Jer 17:6Jer 2:24Job 24:5Ezk 47:11Hos 8:9 7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. ² ‡ Exo 5:18Job 3:18Exo 5:13-16Isa 31:4Isa 58:3Job 39:18 8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. ‡ Psa 104:27-28Psa 145:15-16Gen 1:29-30Job 40:15Job 40:20-22 9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? ‡ Num 23:22Deu 33:17Psa 92:10Psa 22:21Isa 1:3 10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? ‡ Hos 10:10-11Job 1:14Job 39:5Job 39:7Job 41:5Mic 1:13Psa 129:3 11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? ‡ Gen 1:26Gen 1:28Gen 42:26Gen 9:2Isa 30:16Isa 30:6Isa 31:1-3Pro 14:4 +512 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn? ‡ Amo 2:13Hag 2:19Mat 13:30Mat 3:2Neh 13:15Pro 3:16

13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? ³ ‡ Jer 8:7Zec 5:91Ki 10:222Ch 9:21Job 30:29Lev 11:19Psa 104:17 14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, 15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. 16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear; ‡ Lam 4:31Ki 3:26-272Ki 6:28-29Deu 28:56-57Ecc 10:15Hab 2:13Lam 2:20Rom 1:31 17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding. ‡ Job 35:112Ch 32:31Deu 2:30Isa 19:11-14Isa 57:17Jas 1:17Job 17:4 18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider. ‡ 2Ki 19:21Job 39:22Job 39:7Job 41:29Job 5:22

19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? ‡ Psa 104:1Psa 147:10Psa 93:1Exo 15:1Job 39:25Mrk 3:17 20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. ⁴ ‡ Jer 8:16Job 41:20-21Jol 2:5 21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. ^{5 6} ‡ Jer 8:61Sa 17:4-101Sa 17:42Jdg 5:22Jer 9:23Pro 21:31Psa 19:5 22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. ‡ Job 39:16Job 39:18Job 41:33 23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. ‡ Job 41:26-29 24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. ‡ Amo 3:6Jer 4:19Job 29:24Job 37:20Job 9:16Luk 24:41Hab 1:8-9 25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. ‡ Ezk 26:2Ezk 36:2Psa 70:3

26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south? ‡ Deu 14:15Jer 8:7Lev 16:11Sng 2:12 27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? ⁷ ‡ Jer 49:16Oba 1:4Exo 19:4Hos 8:1Isa 40:31Lev 11:13Pro 23:5Psa 103:5 28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. ‡ 1Sa 14:4 29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. ‡ Job 9:26 30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she. ‡ Mat 24:28Luk 17:37Ezk 39:17-19