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[1] “Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?

[2] Can you count the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?

[3] They bow themselves. They bear their young. They end their labor pains.

[4] Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go out, and don’t return again.

[5] “Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,

[6] whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place?

[7] He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.

[8] The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches after every green thing.

[9] “Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?

[10] Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?

[11] Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?

[12] Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor?

[13] “The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love?

[14] For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust,

[15] and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them.

[16] She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,

[17] because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.

[18] When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.

[19] “Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?

[20] Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.

[21] He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men.

[22] He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword.

[23] The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin.

[24] He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the shofar.

[25] As often as the shofar sounds he snorts, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

[26] “Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?

[27] Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?

[28] On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, on the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.

[29] From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.

[30] His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is.”

Job — Chapters