| 章 |
| 39:1 |
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? [Or] canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
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| 39:2 |
Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
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| 39:3 |
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They cast out their pains.
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| 39:4 |
Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; They go forth, and return not again.
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| 39:5 |
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,
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| 39:6 |
Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?
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| 39:7 |
He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.
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| 39:8 |
The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.
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| 39:9 |
Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?
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| 39:10 |
Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
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| 39:11 |
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor?
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| 39:12 |
Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gather [the grain] of thy threshing-floor?
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| 39:13 |
The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; [But] are they the pinions and plumage of love?
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| 39:14 |
For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust,
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| 39:15 |
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them.
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| 39:16 |
She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain, [she is] without fear;
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| 39:17 |
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
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| 39:18 |
What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider.
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| 39:19 |
Hast thou given the horse [his] might? Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?
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| 39:20 |
Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible.
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| 39:21 |
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth out to meet the armed men.
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| 39:22 |
He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither turneth he back from the sword.
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| 39:23 |
The quiver rattleth against him, The flashing spear and the javelin.
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| 39:24 |
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet.
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| 39:25 |
As oft as the trumpet [soundeth] he saith, Aha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
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| 39:26 |
Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, (And) stretcheth her wings toward the south?
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| 39:27 |
Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high?
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| 39:28 |
On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.
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| 39:29 |
From thence she spieth out the prey; Her eyes behold it afar off.
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| 39:30 |
Her young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she.
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