Job 39 (NET)

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Job 39:1¹“Are you acquainted with the way the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:2²Do you count the months they must fulfill, and do you know the time they give birth?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:3³They crouch, they bear their young, they bring forth the offspring they have carried.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:4⁴Their young grow strong, and grow up in the open; they go off, and do not return to them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:5⁵Who let the wild donkey go free? Who released the bonds of the donkey,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:6⁶to whom I appointed the arid rift valley for its home, the salt wastes as its dwelling place?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:7⁷It scorns the tumult in the town; it does not hear the shouts of a driver.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:8⁸It ranges the hills as its pasture, and searches after every green plant.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:9⁹Is the wild ox willing to be your servant? Will it spend the night at your feeding trough?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:10¹⁰Can you bind the wild ox to a furrow with its rope, will it till the valleys, following after you?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:11¹¹Will you rely on it because its strength is great? Will you commit your labor to it?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:12¹²Can you count on it to bring in your grain, and gather the grain to your threshing floor?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:13¹³“The wings of the ostrich flap with joy, but are they the pinions and plumage of a stork?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:14¹⁴For she leaves her eggs on the ground, and lets them be warmed on the soil.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:15¹⁵She forgets that a foot might crush them, or that a wild animal might trample them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:16¹⁶She is harsh with her young, as if they were not hers; she is unconcerned about the uselessness of her labor.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:17¹⁷For God deprived her of wisdom, and did not impart understanding to her.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:18¹⁸But as soon as she springs up, she laughs at the horse and its rider.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:19¹⁹“Do you give the horse its strength? Do you clothe its neck with a mane?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:20²⁰Do you make it leap like a locust? Its proud neighing is terrifying!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:21²¹It paws the ground in the valley, exulting mightily, it goes out to meet the weapons.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:22²²It laughs at fear and is not dismayed; it does not shy away from the sword.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:23²³On it the quiver rattles; the lance and javelin flash.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:24²⁴In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet is blown.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:25²⁵At the sound of the trumpet, it says, ‘Aha!’ And from a distance it catches the scent of battle, the thunderous shouting of commanders, and the battle cries.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:26²⁶“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, and spreads its wings toward the south?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:27²⁷Is it at your command that the eagle soars, and builds its nest on high?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:28²⁸It lives on a rock and spends the night there, on a rocky crag and a fortress.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:29²⁹From there it spots its prey, its eyes gaze intently from a distance.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 39:30³⁰And its young ones devour the blood, and where the dead carcasses are, there it is.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

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