Chapter 39

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.