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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Job 39 Catholic Public Domain Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/39.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/job/39-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CPDV</a> > Job 39</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../job/38.htm" title="Job 38">◄</a> Job 39 <a href="../job/40.htm" title="Job 40">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Catholic Public Domain Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/job/39-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The LORD Speaks of His Creation<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Do you know at what time the wild goats have given birth among the rocks, or do you observe the deer when they go into labor?<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Have you numbered the months since their conception, and do you know at what time they gave birth?<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>They bend themselves for their offspring, and they give birth, and they emit roars.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Their young are weaned and go out to feed; they depart and do not return to them.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Who has set the wild ass free, and who has released his bonds?<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I have given a house in solitude to him, and his tabernacle is in the salted land.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He despises the crowded city; he does not pay attention to the bellow of the tax collector.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He looks around the mountains of his pasture, and he searches everywhere for green plants.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Will the rhinoceros be willing to serve you, and will he remain in your stall?<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Can you detain the rhinoceros with your harness to plough for you, and will he loosen the soil of the furrows behind you?<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Will you put your faith in his great strength, and delegate your labors to him?<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Will you trust him to return to you the seed, and to gather it on your drying floor?<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron, and of the hawk.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>When she leaves eggs behind in the earth, will you perhaps warm them in the dust?<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>She forgets that feet may trample them, or that the beasts of the field may shatter them.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>She is hardened against her young, as if they were not hers; she has labored in vain, with no fear compelling her.<p> <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; neither has he given her understanding.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Yet, when the time is right, she raises her wings on high; she ridicules the horse and his rider.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Will you supply strength to the horse, or envelope his throat with neighing?<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Will you alarm him as the locusts do? His panic is revealed by the display of his nostrils.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He digs at the earth with his hoof; he jumps around boldly; he advances to meet armed men.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>He despises fear; he does not turn away from the sword.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Above him, the quiver rattles, the spear and the shield shake.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Seething and raging, he drinks up the earth; neither does he pause when the blast of the trumpet sounds.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>When he hears the bugle, he says, “Ha!” He smells the battle from a distance, the exhortation of the officers, and the battle cry of the soldiers.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Does the hawk grow feathers by means of your wisdom, spreading her wings towards the south?<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Will the eagle lift herself up at your command and make her nest in steep places?<p> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>She dwells among the rocks, and she lingers among broken boulders and inaccessible cliffs.<p> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>From there, she looks for food, and her eyes catch sight of it from far away.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/39-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Her young will drink blood, and wherever the carcass will be, she is there immediately.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/38.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 38"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 38" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/40.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 40"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 40" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>