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Job 39
New International Version

39 “Do you know when the mountain goats(A) give birth?
Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?(B)
2 Do you count the months till they bear?
Do you know the time they give birth?(C)
3 They crouch down and bring forth their young;
their labor pains are ended.
4 Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds;
they leave and do not return.

5 “Who let the wild donkey(D) go free?
Who untied its ropes?
6 I gave it the wasteland(E) as its home,
the salt flats(F) as its habitat.(G)
7 It laughs(H) at the commotion in the town;
it does not hear a driver’s shout.(I)
8 It ranges the hills(J) for its pasture
and searches for any green thing.

9 “Will the wild ox(K) consent to serve you?(L)
Will it stay by your manger(M) at night?
10 Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness?(N)
Will it till the valleys behind you?
11 Will you rely on it for its great strength?(O)
Will you leave your heavy work to it?
12 Can you trust it to haul in your grain
and bring it to your threshing floor?

13 “The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
though they cannot compare
with the wings and feathers of the stork.(P)
14 She lays her eggs on the ground
and lets them warm in the sand,
15 unmindful that a foot may crush them,
that some wild animal may trample them.(Q)
16 She treats her young harshly,(R) as if they were not hers;
she cares not that her labor was in vain,
17 for God did not endow her with wisdom
or give her a share of good sense.(S)
18 Yet when she spreads her feathers to run,
she laughs(T) at horse and rider.

19 “Do you give the horse its strength(U)
or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?
20 Do you make it leap like a locust,(V)
striking terror(W) with its proud snorting?(X)
21 It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength,(Y)
and charges into the fray.(Z)
22 It laughs(AA) at fear, afraid of nothing;
it does not shy away from the sword.
23 The quiver(AB) rattles against its side,
along with the flashing spear(AC) and lance.
24 In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground;
it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.(AD)
25 At the blast of the trumpet(AE) it snorts, ‘Aha!’
It catches the scent of battle from afar,
the shout of commanders and the battle cry.(AF)

26 “Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom
and spread its wings toward the south?(AG)
27 Does the eagle soar at your command
and build its nest on high?(AH)
28 It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night;
a rocky crag(AI) is its stronghold.
29 From there it looks for food;(AJ)
its eyes detect it from afar.
30 Its young ones feast on blood,
and where the slain are, there it is.”(AK)

#### Cross references

1. Job 39:1 : S Dt 14:5
2. Job 39:1 : Ge 49:21
3. Job 39:2 : S Ge 31:7-9
4. Job 39:5 : S Ge 16:12
5. Job 39:6 : Job 24:5; Ps 107:34; Jer 2:24
6. Job 39:6 : Job 30:4
7. Job 39:6 : Job 30:7; Jer 14:6; 17:6
8. Job 39:7 : S Job 5:22
9. Job 39:7 : Job 3:18
10. Job 39:8 : Isa 32:20
11. Job 39:9 : S Nu 23:22
12. Job 39:9 : S Ex 21:6
13. Job 39:9 : S Ge 42:27
14. Job 39:10 : Job 41:13; Ps 32:9
15. Job 39:11 : ver 19; Job 40:16; 41:12, 22; Ps 147:10
16. Job 39:13 : Zec 5:9
17. Job 39:15 : 2Ki 14:9
18. Job 39:16 : ver 17; La 4:3
19. Job 39:17 : S ver 16; S Job 21:22
20. Job 39:18 : S Job 5:22
21. Job 39:19 : S ver 11
22. Job 39:20 : Joel 2:4-5; Rev 9:7
23. Job 39:20 : Job 41:25
24. Job 39:20 : Jer 8:16
25. Job 39:21 : ver 11
26. Job 39:21 : Jer 8:6
27. Job 39:22 : S Job 5:22
28. Job 39:23 : Isa 5:28; Jer 5:16
29. Job 39:23 : Na 3:3
30. Job 39:24 : Nu 10:9; Jer 4:5, 19; Eze 7:14; Am 3:6
31. Job 39:25 : Jos 6:5
32. Job 39:25 : Jer 8:6; Am 1:14; 2:2
33. Job 39:26 : Jer 8:7
34. Job 39:27 : Jer 49:16; Ob 1:4; Hab 2:9
35. Job 39:28 : Jer 49:16; Ob 1:3
36. Job 39:29 : S Job 9:26
37. Job 39:30 : Mt 24:28; Lk 17:37

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