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| The Book of Job. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
| XXXIX |
| [1] | KNOWEST thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? |
| [2] | Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? |
| [3] | They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They cast out their pains. |
| [4] | Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; They go forth, and return 1 not again. |
| [5] | Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass, |
| [6] | Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling place? |
| [7] | He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver. 2 |
| [8] | The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing. |
| [9] | Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib? |
| [10] | Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee? |
| [11] | Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor? |
| [12] | Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gather the grain of thy threshing-floor? |
| [13] | The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the pinions and plumage of love? 3 |
| [14] | For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, |
| [15] | And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them. |
| [16] | She dealeth 4 hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain, she is without fear; |
| [17] | Because God hath deprived 5 her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding. |
| [18] | What time she lifteth 6 up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider. |
| [19] | Hast thou given the horse his might? Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering 7 mane? |
| [20] | Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible. |
| [21] | He 8 paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth out to meet the 9 armed men. |
| [22] | He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither turneth he back from the sword. |
| [23] | The quiver rattleth against 10 him, The flashing spear and the javelin. |
| [24] | He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth 11 he that it is the voice of the trumpet. |
| [25] | As oft as the trumpet soundeth he saith, Aha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting. |
| [26] | Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, And stretcheth her wings toward the south? |
| [27] | Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high? |
| [28] | On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold. |
| [29] | From thence she spieth out the prey; Her eyes behold it afar off. |
| [30] | Her young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she. |
| Note 1. Or, return not unto them. [back] |
| Note 2. Or, taskmaster. [back] |
| Note 3. Or, a stork. [back] |
| Note 4. Or, is hardened against. [back] |
| Note 5. Heb. made her to forget wisdom. [back] |
| Note 6. Or, rouseth herself up to flight. [back] |
| Note 7. Heb. shaking. [back] |
| Note 8. Heb. They paw. [back] |
| Note 9. Or, the weapons. [back] |
| Note 10. Or, upon. [back] |
| Note 11. Or, standeth he still at &c. [back] |
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