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The LORD’s Challenge Continues
“Do you know when the wild goats give birth?
Have you watched as deer are born in the wild?
“Do you know when the wild goats give birth?
Have you watched as deer are born in the wild?
God Speaks of His Creation
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
Do you know how many months they carry their young?
Are you aware of the time of their delivery?
Are you aware of the time of their delivery?
Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
They crouch down to give birth to their young
and deliver their offspring.
and deliver their offspring.
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
Their young grow up in the open fields,
then leave home and never return.
then leave home and never return.
Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
“Who gives the wild donkey its freedom?
Who untied its ropes?
Who untied its ropes?
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
I have placed it in the wilderness;
its home is the wasteland.
its home is the wasteland.
Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
It hates the noise of the city
and has no driver to shout at it.
and has no driver to shout at it.
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
The mountains are its pastureland,
where it searches for every blade of grass.
where it searches for every blade of grass.
The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
“Will the wild ox consent to being tamed?
Will it spend the night in your stall?
Will it spend the night in your stall?
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
Can you hitch a wild ox to a plow?
Will it plow a field for you?
Will it plow a field for you?
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Given its strength, can you trust it?
Can you leave and trust the ox to do your work?
Can you leave and trust the ox to do your work?
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
Can you rely on it to bring home your grain
and deliver it to your threshing floor?
and deliver it to your threshing floor?
Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
“The ostrich flaps her wings grandly,
but they are no match for the feathers of the stork.
but they are no match for the feathers of the stork.
Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
She lays her eggs on top of the earth,
letting them be warmed in the dust.
letting them be warmed in the dust.
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
She doesn’t worry that a foot might crush them
or a wild animal might destroy them.
or a wild animal might destroy them.
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
She is harsh toward her young,
as if they were not her own.
She doesn’t care if they die.
as if they were not her own.
She doesn’t care if they die.
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
For God has deprived her of wisdom.
He has given her no understanding.
He has given her no understanding.
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
But whenever she jumps up to run,
she passes the swiftest horse with its rider.
she passes the swiftest horse with its rider.
What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
“Have you given the horse its strength
or clothed its neck with a flowing mane?
or clothed its neck with a flowing mane?
Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
Did you give it the ability to leap like a locust?
Its majestic snorting is terrifying!
Its majestic snorting is terrifying!
Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
It paws the earth and rejoices in its strength
when it charges out to battle.
when it charges out to battle.
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
It laughs at fear and is unafraid.
It does not run from the sword.
It does not run from the sword.
He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
The arrows rattle against it,
and the spear and javelin flash.
and the spear and javelin flash.
The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
It paws the ground fiercely
and rushes forward into battle when the ram’s horn blows.
and rushes forward into battle when the ram’s horn blows.
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
It snorts at the sound of the horn.
It senses the battle in the distance.
It quivers at the captain’s commands and the noise of battle.
It senses the battle in the distance.
It quivers at the captain’s commands and the noise of battle.
He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
“Is it your wisdom that makes the hawk soar
and spread its wings toward the south?
and spread its wings toward the south?
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
Is it at your command that the eagle rises
to the heights to make its nest?
to the heights to make its nest?
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
It lives on the cliffs,
making its home on a distant, rocky crag.
making its home on a distant, rocky crag.
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
From there it hunts its prey,
keeping watch with piercing eyes.
keeping watch with piercing eyes.
From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.