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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?
“Do you know when the mountain goats give birth?
Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?
Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?
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?
Do you count the months till they bear?
Do you know the time they give birth?
Do you know the time they give birth?
They crouch down and bring forth their young;
their labor pains are ended.
their labor pains are ended.
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.
Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds;
they leave and do not return.
they leave and do not return.
“Who let the wild donkey go free?
Who untied its ropes?
Who untied its ropes?
I gave it the wasteland as its home,
the salt flats as its habitat.
the salt flats as its habitat.
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.
It laughs at the commotion in the town;
it does not hear a driver’s shout.
it does not hear a driver’s shout.
The range of the mountains is his pasture,
And he searches after every green thing.
And he searches after every green thing.
It ranges the hills for its pasture
and searches for any green thing.
and searches for any green thing.
“Will the wild ox be willing to serve you?
Will he bed by your manger?
Will he bed by your manger?
“Will the wild ox consent to serve you?
Will it stay by your manger at night?
Will it stay by your manger at night?
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?
Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness?
Will it till the valleys behind you?
Will it till the valleys behind you?
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?
Will you rely on it for its great strength?
Will you leave your heavy work to it?
Will you leave your heavy work to it?
Can you trust it to haul in your grain
and bring it to your threshing floor?
and bring 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?
“The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
though they cannot compare
with the wings and feathers of the stork.
though they cannot compare
with the wings and feathers of the stork.
For she leaves her eggs on the ground,
And warms them in the dust;
And warms them in the dust;
She lays her eggs on the ground
and lets them warm in the sand,
and lets them warm in the sand,
She forgets that a foot may crush them,
Or that a wild beast may break them.
Or that a wild beast may break them.
unmindful that a foot may crush them,
that some wild animal may trample them.
that some wild animal may trample them.
She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers;
she cares not that her labor was in vain,
she cares not that her labor was in vain,
Because God deprived her of wisdom,
And did not endow her with understanding.
And did not endow her with understanding.
for God did not endow her with wisdom
or give her a share of good sense.
or give her a share of good sense.
When she lifts herself on high,
She scorns the horse and its rider.
She scorns the horse and its rider.
Yet when she spreads her feathers to run,
she laughs at horse and rider.
she laughs at horse and rider.
“Do you give the horse its strength
or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?
or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?
Do you make it leap like a locust,
striking terror with its proud snorting?
striking terror with its proud snorting?
He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength;
He gallops into the clash of arms.
He gallops into the clash of arms.
It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength,
and charges into the fray.
and charges into the fray.
He mocks at fear, and is not frightened;
Nor does he turn back from the sword.
Nor does he turn back from the sword.
It laughs at fear, afraid of nothing;
it does not shy away from the sword.
it does not shy away from the sword.
The quiver rattles against him,
The glittering spear and javelin.
The glittering spear and javelin.
The quiver rattles against its side,
along with the flashing spear and lance.
along with the flashing spear and lance.
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.
In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground;
it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.
it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.
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.
At the blast of the trumpet it snorts, ‘Aha!’
It catches the scent of battle from afar,
the shout of commanders and the battle cry.
It catches the scent of battle from afar,
the shout of commanders and the battle cry.
“Does the hawk fly by your wisdom,
And spread its wings toward the south?
And spread its wings toward the south?
“Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom
and spread its wings toward the south?
and spread its wings toward the south?
Does the eagle mount up at your command,
And make its nest on high?
And make its nest on high?
Does the eagle soar at your command
and build its nest on high?
and build its nest on high?
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.
It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night;
a rocky crag is its stronghold.
a rocky crag is its stronghold.
From there it spies out the prey;
Its eyes observe from afar.
Its eyes observe from afar.
From there it looks for food;
its eyes detect it from afar.
its eyes detect it from afar.