Job 39

Webster^{(i) 1} (38:39)Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, ² (38:40)When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? ³ (38:41)Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry to God, they wander for want of food. ⁴ (39:1)Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? ⁵ (39:2)Canst thou number the months that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? ⁶ (39:3)They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. ⁷ (39:4)Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not to them. ⁸ (39:5)Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? ⁹ (39:6)Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. ¹⁰ (39:7)He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. ¹¹ (39:8)The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. ¹² (39:9)Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? ¹³ (39:10)Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? ¹⁴ (39:11)Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labor to him? ¹⁵ (39:12)Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn? ¹⁶ (39:13)Gavest thou the goodly wings to the peacocks? or wings and feathers to the ostrich! ¹⁷ (39:14)Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, ¹⁸ (39:15)And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. ¹⁹ (39:16)She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labor is in vain without fear; ²⁰ (39:17)Because God hath withheld wisdom from her, neither hath he imparted to her understanding. ²¹ (39:18)When she lifteth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider. ²² (39:19)Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? ²³ (39:20)Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. ²⁴ (39:21)He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. ²⁵ (39:22)He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. ²⁶ (39:23)The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. ²⁷ (39:24)He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. ²⁸ (39:25)He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. ²⁹ (39:26)Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings towards the south? ³⁰ (39:27)Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? ³¹ (39:28)She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. ³² (39:29)From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. ³³ (39:30)Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she. ³⁴ (40:1)Moreover, the LORD answered Job, and said, ³⁵ (40:2)Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. ³⁶ (40:3)Then Job answered the LORD, and said, ³⁷ (40:4)Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. ³⁸ (40:5)Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yes, twice; but I will proceed no further.