The Book of Job 39

^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 ones they cast out their sorrows ⚑

^4✦ Their young ones are in good liking they grow up with corn they go forth and return not unto them ⚑

^5✦ Who hath sent out the wild ass free or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass ⚑

^6✦ Whose house I have made the wilderness and the barren land his dwellings ⚑

^7✦ He scorneth the multitude of the city neither regardeth he the crying of the driver ⚑

^8✦ The range of the mountains is his pasture and he searcheth after every green thing ⚑

^9✦ Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee or abide by thy crib ⚑

^10✦ Canst thou bind the unicorn 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 thy labour to him ⚑

^12✦ Wilt thou believe him that he will bring home thy seed and gather it into thy barn ⚑

^13✦ Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks or wings and feathers unto the ostrich ⚑

^14✦ Which leaveth her eggs in the earth and warmeth them in dust ⚑

^15✦ And forgetteth that the foot may crush them or that the wild beast may break them ⚑

^16✦ She is hardened against her young ones as though they were not hers her labour is in vain without fear ⚑

^17✦ Because God hath deprived her of wisdom neither hath he imparted to her understanding ⚑

^18✦ What time she lifteth up herself on high she scorneth the horse and his rider ⚑

^19✦ Hast thou given the horse strength hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ⚑

^20✦ Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper the glory of his nostrils is terrible ⚑

^21✦ He paweth in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength he goeth on to meet the armed men ⚑

^22✦ He mocketh at fear and is not affrighted neither turneth he back from the sword ⚑

^23✦ The quiver rattleth against him the glittering spear and the shield ⚑

^24✦ He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet ⚑

^25✦ He saith among the trumpets Ha ha and he smelleth the battle afar off the thunder of the captains and the shouting ⚑

^26✦ Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom and stretch her wings toward the south ⚑

^27✦ Doth the eagle mount up at thy command and make her nest on high ⚑

^28✦ She dwelleth and abideth on the rock upon the crag of the rock and the strong place ⚑

^29✦ From thence she seeketh the prey and her eyes behold afar off ⚑

^30✦ Her young ones also suck up blood and where the slain are there is she ⚑