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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">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/job/39.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“Do you know when the mountain goats give birth?</p><p class="line2">Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Do you count the months till they bear?</p><p class="line2">Do you know the time they give birth?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>They crouch down and bring forth their young;</p><p class="line2">their labor pains are ended.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds;</p><p class="line2">they leave and do not return.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Who let the wild donkey go free?</p><p class="line2">Who untied its ropes?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I gave it the wasteland as its home,</p><p class="line2">the salt flats as its habitat.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>It laughs at the commotion in the town;</p><p class="line2">it does not hear a driver’s shout.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>It ranges the hills for its pasture</p><p class="line2">and searches for any green thing.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Will the wild ox consent to serve you?</p><p class="line2">Will it stay by your manger at night?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness?</p><p class="line2">Will it till the valleys behind you?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Will you rely on it for its great strength?</p><p class="line2">Will you leave your heavy work to it?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Can you trust it to haul in your grain</p><p class="line2">and bring it to your threshing floor?</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,</p><p class="line2">though they cannot compare</p><p class="line2">with the wings and feathers of the stork.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>She lays her eggs on the ground</p><p class="line2">and lets them warm in the sand,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>unmindful that a foot may crush them,</p><p class="line2">that some wild animal may trample them.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers;</p><p class="line2">she cares not that her labor was in vain,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>for God did not endow her with wisdom</p><p class="line2">or give her a share of good sense.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Yet when she spreads her feathers to run,</p><p class="line2">she laughs at horse and rider.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“Do you give the horse its strength</p><p class="line2">or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Do you make it leap like a locust,</p><p class="line2">striking terror with its proud snorting?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength,</p><p class="line2">and charges into the fray.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>It laughs at fear, afraid of nothing;</p><p class="line2">it does not shy away from the sword.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The quiver rattles against its side,</p><p class="line2">along with the flashing spear and lance.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground;</p><p class="line2">it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>At the blast of the trumpet it snorts, ‘Aha!’</p><p class="line2">It catches the scent of battle from afar,</p><p class="line2">the shout of commanders and the battle cry.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom</p><p class="line2">and spread its wings toward the south?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Does the eagle soar at your command</p><p class="line2">and build its nest on high?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night;</p><p class="line2">a rocky crag is its stronghold.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>From there it looks for food;</p><p class="line2">its eyes detect it from afar.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Its young ones feast on blood,</p><p class="line2">and where the slain are, there it is.”</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div 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