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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 Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/job/39.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The LORD’s Challenge Continues</p><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 wild goats give birth?</p><p class="line2">Have you watched as deer are born in the wild?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Do you know how many months they carry their young?</p><p class="line2">Are you aware of the time of their delivery?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>They crouch down to give birth to their young</p><p class="line2">and deliver their offspring.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Their young grow up in the open fields,</p><p class="line2">then leave home and never return.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Who gives the wild donkey its freedom?</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 have placed it in the wilderness;</p><p class="line2">its home is the wasteland.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>It hates the noise of the city</p><p class="line2">and has no driver to shout at it.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The mountains are its pastureland,</p><p class="line2">where it searches for every blade of grass.</p><p class="b"/><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 being tamed?</p><p class="line2">Will it spend the night in your stall?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Can you hitch a wild ox to a plow?</p><p class="line2">Will it plow a field for you?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Given its strength, can you trust it?</p><p class="line2">Can you leave and trust the ox to do your work?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Can you rely on it to bring home your grain</p><p class="line2">and deliver it to your threshing floor?</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“The ostrich flaps her wings grandly,</p><p class="line2">but they are no match for the 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 top of the earth,</p><p class="line2">letting them be warmed in the dust.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>She doesn’t worry that a foot might crush them</p><p class="line2">or a wild animal might destroy them.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>She is harsh toward her young,</p><p class="line2">as if they were not her own.</p><p class="line2">She doesn’t care if they die.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For God has deprived her of wisdom.</p><p class="line2">He has given her no understanding.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But whenever she jumps up to run,</p><p class="line2">she passes the swiftest horse with its rider.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“Have you given the horse its strength</p><p class="line2">or clothed 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>Did you give it the ability to leap like a locust?</p><p class="line2">Its majestic snorting is terrifying!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>It paws the earth and rejoices in its strength</p><p class="line2">when it charges out to battle.</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 and is unafraid.</p><p class="line2">It does not run 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 arrows rattle against it,</p><p class="line2">and the spear and javelin flash.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>It paws the ground fiercely</p><p class="line2">and rushes forward into battle when the ram’s horn blows.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>It snorts at the sound of the horn.</p><p class="line2">It senses the battle in the distance.</p><p class="line2">It quivers at the captain’s commands and the noise of battle.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“Is it your wisdom that makes the hawk soar</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>Is it at your command that the eagle rises</p><p class="line2">to the heights to make its nest?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>It lives on the cliffs,</p><p class="line2">making its home on a distant, rocky crag.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>From there it hunts its prey,</p><p class="line2">keeping watch with piercing eyes.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/39-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Its young gulp down blood.</p><p class="line2">Where there’s a carcass, there you’ll find it.”</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div 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