CPDV - Job - 39

39:1  Do you know at what time the wild goats have given birth among the rocks, or do you observe the deer when they go into labor?

39:2  Have you numbered the months since their conception, and do you know at what time they gave birth?

39:3  They bend themselves for their offspring, and they give birth, and they emit roars.

39:4  Their young are weaned and go out to feed; they depart and do not return to them.

39:5  Who has set the wild ass free, and who has released his bonds?

39:6  I have given a house in solitude to him, and his tabernacle is in the salted land.

39:7  He despises the crowded city; he does not pay attention to the bellow of the tax collector.

39:8  He looks around the mountains of his pasture, and he searches everywhere for green plants.

39:9  Will the rhinoceros be willing to serve you, and will he remain in your stall?

39:10  Can you detain the rhinoceros with your harness to plough for you, and will he loosen the soil of the furrows behind you?

39:11  Will you put your faith in his great strength, and delegate your labors to him?

39:12  Will you trust him to return to you the seed, and to gather it on your drying floor?

39:13  The wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron, and of the hawk.

39:14  When she leaves eggs behind in the earth, will you perhaps warm them in the dust?

39:15  She forgets that feet may trample them, or that the beasts of the field may shatter them.

39:16  She is hardened against her young, as if they were not hers; she has labored in vain, with no fear compelling her.

39:17  For God has deprived her of wisdom; neither has he given her understanding.

39:18  Yet, when the time is right, she raises her wings on high; she ridicules the horse and his rider.

39:19  Will you supply strength to the horse, or envelope his throat with neighing?

39:20  Will you alarm him as the locusts do? His panic is revealed by the display of his nostrils.

39:21  He digs at the earth with his hoof; he jumps around boldly; he advances to meet armed men.

39:22  He despises fear; he does not turn away from the sword.

39:23  Above him, the quiver rattles, the spear and the shield shake.

39:24  Seething and raging, he drinks up the earth; neither does he pause when the blast of the trumpet sounds.

39:25  When he hears the bugle, he says, “Ha!” He smells the battle from a distance, the exhortation of the officers, and the battle cry of the soldiers.

39:26  Does the hawk grow feathers by means of your wisdom, spreading her wings towards the south?

39:27  Will the eagle lift herself up at your command and make her nest in steep places?

39:28  She dwells among the rocks, and she lingers among broken boulders and inaccessible cliffs.

39:29  From there, she looks for food, and her eyes catch sight of it from far away.

39:30  Her young will drink blood, and wherever the carcass will be, she is there immediately.

39:31  And the Lord continued, and he said to Job:

39:32  Will he who contends with God be so easily silenced? Certainly, he who argues with God must also respond to him.

39:33  Then Job answered the Lord, saying:

39:34  What could I possibly answer, since I have been speaking thoughtlessly? I will place my hand over my mouth.

39:35  One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said; and another, to which I will add no more.