Job Chapter 39 King James Version

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?

Job 39:2

Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

Job 39:3

They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.

Job 39:4

Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.

Job 39:5

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

Job 39:6

Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

Job 39:7

He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.

Job 39:8

The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

Job 39:9

Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

Job 39:10

Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

Job 39:11

Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

Job 39:12

Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

Job 39:13

Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

Job 39:14

Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,

Job 39:15

And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.

Job 39:16

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: her labour is in vain without fear;

Job 39:17

Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

Job 39:18

What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

Job 39:19

Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?

Job 39:20

Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.

Job 39:21

He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.

Job 39:22

He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.

Job 39:23

The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.

Job 39:24

He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.

Job 39:25

He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

Job 39:26

Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?

Job 39:27

Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

Job 39:28

She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.

Job 39:29

From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

Job 39:30

Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.