Chapter 39
- 39:1
- Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
- 39:2
- Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
- 39:3
- They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
- 39:4
- Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
- 39:5
- Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
- 39:6
- Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
- 39:7
- He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
- 39:8
- The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
- 39:9
- Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
- 39:10
- Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
- 39:11
- Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
- 39:12
- Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
- 39:13
- Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
- 39:14
- Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
- 39:15
- And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
- 39:16
- She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: her labour is in vain without fear;
- 39:17
- Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
- 39:18
- What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
- 39:19
- Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
- 39:20
- Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
- 39:21
- He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
- 39:22
- He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
- 39:23
- The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
- 39:24
- He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
- 39:25
- He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
- 39:26
- Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
- 39:27
- Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
- 39:28
- She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
- 39:29
- From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
- 39:30
- Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
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