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“Do you know when the mountain goats give birth?
Do you observe the calving of the does?
Do you observe the calving of the does?
God Continues to Challenge Job
“Do you know the time when the wild mountain goats bear young?
Or can you mark when the deer gives birth?
“Do you know the time when the wild mountain goats bear young?
Or can you mark when the deer gives birth?
Can you number the months that they fulfill,
and do you know the time when they give birth,
and do you know the time when they give birth,
Can you number the months that they fulfill?
Or do you know the time when they bear young?
Or do you know the time when they bear young?
when they crouch, bring forth their offspring,
and are delivered of their young?
and are delivered of their young?
Their young ones become strong; they grow up in the open;
they go out and do not return to them.
they go out and do not return to them.
Their young ones are healthy,
They grow strong with grain;
They depart and do not return to them.
They grow strong with grain;
They depart and do not return to them.
“Who has let the wild donkey go free?
Who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,
Who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,
to whom I have given the arid plain for his home
and the salt land for his dwelling place?
and the salt land for his dwelling place?
He scorns the tumult of the city;
he hears not the shouts of the driver.
he hears not the shouts of the driver.
He scorns the tumult of the city;
He does not heed the shouts of the driver.
He does not heed the shouts of the driver.
He ranges the mountains as his pasture,
and he searches after every green thing.
and he searches after every green thing.
The range of the mountains is his pasture,
And he searches after every green thing.
And he searches after every green thing.
“Is the wild ox willing to serve you?
Will he spend the night at your manger?
Will he spend the night at your manger?
“Will the wild ox be willing to serve you?
Will he bed by your manger?
Will he bed by your manger?
Can you bind him in the furrow with ropes,
or will he harrow the valleys after you?
or will he harrow the valleys after you?
Can you bind the wild ox in the furrow with ropes?
Or will he plow the valleys behind you?
Or will he plow the valleys behind you?
Will you depend on him because his strength is great,
and will you leave to him your labor?
and will you leave to him your labor?
Will you trust him because his strength is great?
Or will you leave your labor to him?
Or will you leave your labor to him?
Do you have faith in him that he will return your grain
and gather it to your threshing floor?
and gather it to your threshing floor?
“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly,
But are her wings and pinions like the kindly stork’s?
But are her wings and pinions like the kindly stork’s?
For she leaves her eggs to the earth
and lets them be warmed on the ground,
and lets them be warmed on the ground,
For she leaves her eggs on the ground,
And warms them in the dust;
And warms them in the dust;
forgetting that a foot may crush them
and that the wild beast may trample them.
and that the wild beast may trample them.
She forgets that a foot may crush them,
Or that a wild beast may break them.
Or that a wild beast may break them.
She deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers;
though her labor be in vain, yet she has no fear,
though her labor be in vain, yet she has no fear,
because God has made her forget wisdom
and given her no share in understanding.
and given her no share in understanding.
Because God deprived her of wisdom,
And did not endow her with understanding.
And did not endow her with understanding.
When she lifts herself on high,
She scorns the horse and its rider.
She scorns the horse and its rider.
“Do you give the horse his might?
Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
Do you make him leap like the locust?
His majestic snorting is terrifying.
His majestic snorting is terrifying.
He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength;
He gallops into the clash of arms.
He gallops into the clash of arms.
He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;
he does not turn back from the sword.
he does not turn back from the sword.
He mocks at fear, and is not frightened;
Nor does he turn back from the sword.
Nor does he turn back from the sword.
Upon him rattle the quiver,
the flashing spear, and the javelin.
the flashing spear, and the javelin.
The quiver rattles against him,
The glittering spear and javelin.
The glittering spear and javelin.
With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground;
he cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
he cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
He devours the distance with fierceness and rage;
Nor does he come to a halt because the trumpet has sounded.
Nor does he come to a halt because the trumpet has sounded.
When the trumpet sounds, he says ‘Aha!’
He smells the battle from afar,
the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
He smells the battle from afar,
the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
At the blast of the trumpet he says, ‘Aha!’
He smells the battle from afar,
The thunder of captains and shouting.
He smells the battle from afar,
The thunder of captains and shouting.
“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars
and spreads his wings toward the south?
and spreads his wings toward the south?
“Does the hawk fly by your wisdom,
And spread its wings toward the south?
And spread its wings toward the south?
Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up
and makes his nest on high?
and makes his nest on high?
Does the eagle mount up at your command,
And make its nest on high?
And make its nest on high?
On the rock he dwells and makes his home,
on the rocky crag and stronghold.
on the rocky crag and stronghold.
On the rock it dwells and resides,
On the crag of the rock and the stronghold.
On the crag of the rock and the stronghold.
From there he spies out the prey;
his eyes behold it from far away.
his eyes behold it from far away.
From there it spies out the prey;
Its eyes observe from afar.
Its eyes observe from afar.