Bible-Reading.comJob 39
1Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? dost thou mark the calving of the hinds?
2Dost thou number the months that they fulfil? and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
3They bow themselves, they give birth to their young ones, they cast out their pains;
4Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field, they go forth, and return not unto them.
5Who hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager,
6Whose house I made the wilderness, and the salt plain his dwellings?
7He laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver;
8The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
9Will the buffalo be willing to serve thee, or will he lodge by thy crib?
10Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
11Wilt thou put confidence in him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
12Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?
13The wing of the ostrich beats joyously -- But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?
14For she leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,
15And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample them.
16She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern.
17For +God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.
18What time she lasheth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
19Hast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?
20Dost thou make him to leap as a locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.
21He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength; he goeth forth to meet the armed host.
22He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from before the sword.
23The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.
24He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot contain himself at the sound of the trumpet:
25At the noise of the trumpets he saith, Aha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, and stretch his wings toward the south?
27Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make his nest on high?
28He inhabiteth the rock and maketh his dwelling on the point of the cliff, and the fastness:
29From thence he spieth out the prey, his eyes look into the distance;
30And his young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is he.
Job 40
1And Jehovah answered Job and said,
2Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth +God, let him answer it.
3And Job answered Jehovah and said,
4Behold, I am nought: what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
5Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; yea twice, but I will proceed no further.
6And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
7Gird up now thy loins like a man: I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.
8Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?
9Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
10Deck thyself now with glory and excellency, and clothe thyself with majesty and splendour.
11Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him:
12Look on every one that is proud, bring him low, and tread down the wicked in their place:
13Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in secret.
14Then will I also praise thee, because thy right hand saveth thee.
15See now the behemoth, which I made with thee: he eateth grass as an ox.
16Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.
17He bendeth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are woven together.
18His bones are tubes of bronze, his members are like bars of iron.
19He is the chief of God's ways: he that made him gave him his sword.
20For the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
21He lieth under lotus-bushes, in the covert of the reed and fen:
22Lotus-bushes cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
23Lo, the river overfloweth -- he startleth not: he is confident though a Jordan break forth against his mouth.
24Shall he be taken in front? will they pierce through his nose in the trap?