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you can know the time they give birth?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>They crouch down to give birth to their young;</p><p class="poem">they deliver their newborn.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.39.3.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Their offspring are healthy and grow up in the open field.</p><p class="poem">They leave and do not return.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.39.4.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Who set the wild donkey free?</p><p class="poem">Who released the swift donkey from its harness?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I made the desert<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.39.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> its home,</p><p class="poem">and the salty<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.39.6.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> wasteland its dwelling.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>It scoffs at the noise of the village</p><p class="poem">and never hears the shouts of a driver.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.39.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>It roams the mountains for its pastureland,</p><p class="poem">searching for anything green.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Would the wild ox be willing to serve you?</p><p class="poem">Would it spend the night by your feeding trough?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Can you hold the wild ox<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.39.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> to a furrow by its harness?</p><p class="poem">Will it plow the valleys behind you?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Can you depend on it because its strength is great?</p><p class="poem">Would you leave it to do your hard work?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Can you trust the wild ox to harvest your grain</p><p class="poem">and bring it to your threshing floor?</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,</p><p class="poem">but are her feathers and plumage like the stork’s?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.39.13.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.39.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>She abandons her eggs on the ground</p><p class="poem">and lets them be warmed in the sand.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>She forgets that a foot may crush them</p><p class="poem">or that some wild animal may trample them.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own,</p><p class="poem">with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For God has deprived her of wisdom;</p><p class="poem">he has not endowed her with understanding.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.39.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>When she proudly<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.39.18.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> spreads her wings,</p><p class="poem">she laughs at the horse and its rider.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Do you give strength to the horse?</p><p class="poem">Do you adorn his neck with a mane?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.39.19.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Do you make him leap like a locust?</p><p class="poem">His proud snorting fills one with terror.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He paws<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.39.21.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> in the valley and rejoices in his strength;</p><p class="poem">he charges into battle.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.39.21.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>He laughs at fear, since he is afraid of nothing;</p><p class="poem">he does not run from the sword.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>A quiver rattles at his side,</p><p class="poem">along with a flashing spear and a javelin.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>He charges ahead<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.39.24.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> with trembling rage;</p><p class="poem">he cannot stand still at the sound of the ram’s horn.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>When the ram’s horn blasts, he snorts defiantly.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.39.25.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">He smells the battle from a distance;</p><p class="poem">he hears the officers’ shouts and the battle cry.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Does the hawk take flight by your understanding</p><p class="poem">and spread its wings to the south?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Does the eagle soar at your command</p><p class="poem">and make its nest<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.39.27.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> on high?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.28" /> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>It lives on a cliff where it spends the night;</p><p class="poem">its stronghold is on a rocky crag.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.29" /> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>From there it searches for prey;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.39.29.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">its eyes penetrate the distance.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.39.30" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Its brood gulps down blood,</p><p class="poem">and where the slain are, it is there.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.39.30.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Job.39" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Job.39.2.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.39.2">39:2</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">months they fulfill</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.39.3.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.39.3">39:3</a></span> Or <span class="italic">they send away their labor pains</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.39.4.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.39.4">39:4</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">return to them</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.39.13.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.39.13">39:13</a></span> Hb obscure</aside><aside id="fn.Job.39.18.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.39.18">39:18</a></span> Hb obscure</aside><aside id="fn.Job.39.19.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.39.19">39:19</a></span> Hb obscure</aside><aside id="fn.Job.39.21.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.39.21">39:21</a></span> LXX, Syr; MT reads <span class="italic">They dig</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.39.21.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.39.21">39:21</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">he goes out to meet the weaponry</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.39.24.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.39.24">39:24</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">He swallows the ground</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.39.25.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.39.25">39:25</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">he says, “Aha! ”</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Job.39" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Job.39.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.39.6">39:6</a></span> Jb 24:5; 38:26; Jr 2:24</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.39.6.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.39.6">39:6</a></span> Dt 29:23; Ps 107:34; Jr 17:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.39.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.39.7">39:7</a></span> Ex 3:7; 5:10,13–14; Jb 3:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.39.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.39.10">39:10</a></span> Nm 23:22; 24:8; Dt 33:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.39.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.39.13">39:13</a></span> Ps 104:17; Jr 8:7; Zch 5:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.39.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.39.17">39:17</a></span> Jb 35:11; 38:36</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.39.27.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.39.27">39:27</a></span> Jr 49:16; Ob 4; Hab 2:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.39.29.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.39.29">39:29</a></span> Jb 9:26; Hab 1:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.39.30.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.39.30">39:30</a></span> Ezk 39:17; Mt 24:28; Lk 17:37</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Job.39" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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