39:1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring
forth? [or] canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
39:2 Canst thou number the months [that] they fulfill? or
knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
39:3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones,
they cast out their sorrows.
39:4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with
corn; they go forth, and return not to them.
39:5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the
bands of the wild ass?
39:6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land
his dwellings.
39:7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he
the crying of the driver.
39:8 The range of the mountains [is] his pasture, and he
searcheth after every green thing.
39:9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy
crib?
39:10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow?
or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
39:11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength [is] great? or
wilt thou leave thy labor to him?
39:12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed,
and gather [it into] thy barn?
39:13 [Gavest thou] the goodly wings to the peacocks? or wings
and feathers to the ostrich!
39:14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in
the dust,
39:15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the
wild beast may break them.
39:16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though [they
were] not hers: her labor is in vain without fear;
39:17 Because God hath withheld wisdom from her, neither hath he
imparted to her understanding.
39:18 When she lifteth herself on high, she scorneth the horse
and his rider.
39:19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his
neck with thunder?
39:20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of
his nostrils [is] terrible.
39:21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength:
he goeth on to meet the armed men.
39:22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth
he back from the sword.
39:23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and
the shield.
39:24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither
believeth he that [it is] the sound of the trumpet.
39:25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the
battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
39:26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, [and] stretch her wings
towards the south?
39:27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest
on high?
39:28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the
rock, and the strong place.
39:29 From thence she seeketh the prey, [and] her eyes behold
afar off.
39:30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain
[are], there [is] she.
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