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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 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 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?
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?
They crouch down to give birth to their young
and deliver their offspring.
and deliver their offspring.
Their young grow up in the open fields,
then leave home and never return.
then leave home and never return.
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 gives the wild donkey its freedom?
Who untied its ropes?
Who untied its ropes?
I have placed it in the wilderness;
its home is the wasteland.
its home is the wasteland.
It hates the noise of the city
and has no driver to shout at it.
and has no driver to shout at it.
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.
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 searches after every green thing.
And he searches 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 wild ox be willing to serve you?
Will he bed by your manger?
Will he bed by your manger?
Can you hitch a wild ox to a plow?
Will it plow a field for you?
Will it plow a field for 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?
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?
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?
Can you rely on it to bring home your grain
and deliver it to your threshing floor?
and deliver it to your threshing floor?
“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.
“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?
She lays her eggs on top of the earth,
letting them be warmed in the dust.
letting them be warmed in the dust.
For she leaves her eggs on the ground,
And warms them in the dust;
And warms them in the 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.
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 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.
For God has deprived her of wisdom.
He has given her no understanding.
He has given her no understanding.
Because God deprived her of wisdom,
And did not endow her with understanding.
And did not endow her with understanding.
But whenever she jumps up to run,
she passes the swiftest horse with its rider.
she passes the swiftest horse with its rider.
When she lifts herself on high,
She scorns the horse and its rider.
She scorns the horse and its rider.
“Have you given the horse its strength
or clothed its neck with a flowing mane?
or clothed its neck with a flowing mane?
Did you give it the ability to leap like a locust?
Its majestic snorting is terrifying!
Its majestic snorting is terrifying!
It paws the earth and rejoices in its strength
when it charges out to battle.
when it charges out to battle.
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 laughs at fear and is unafraid.
It does not run from the sword.
It does not run 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.
The arrows rattle against it,
and the spear and javelin flash.
and the spear and javelin flash.
The quiver rattles against him,
The glittering spear and javelin.
The glittering spear and javelin.
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 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.
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.
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 your wisdom that makes the hawk soar
and spread its wings toward the south?
and spread its 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 rises
to the heights to make its nest?
to the heights to make its nest?
Does the eagle mount up at your command,
And make its nest on high?
And make its nest on high?
It lives on the cliffs,
making its home on a distant, rocky crag.
making its home on a distant, rocky crag.
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 it hunts its prey,
keeping watch with piercing eyes.
keeping watch with piercing eyes.
From there it spies out the prey;
Its eyes observe from afar.
Its eyes observe from afar.