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39 “Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth?
    Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?
Can you count the months that they fulfill?
    Or do you know the time when they give birth?
They bow themselves. They bear their young.
    They end their labor pains.
Their young ones become strong.
    They grow up in the open field.
    They go out, and don’t return again.

“Who has set the wild donkey free?
    Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,
whose home I have made the wilderness,
    and the salt land his dwelling place?
He scorns the tumult of the city,
    neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.
The range of the mountains is his pasture,
    He searches after every green thing.

“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 trumpet.
25 As often as the trumpet 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.”

39 “Do you know when the mountain goats(A) give birth?
    Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?(B)
Do you count the months till they bear?
    Do you know the time they give birth?(C)
They crouch down and bring forth their young;
    their labor pains are ended.
Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds;
    they leave and do not return.

“Who let the wild donkey(D) go free?
    Who untied its ropes?
I gave it the wasteland(E) as its home,
    the salt flats(F) as its habitat.(G)
It laughs(H) at the commotion in the town;
    it does not hear a driver’s shout.(I)
It ranges the hills(J) for its pasture
    and searches for any green thing.

“Will the wild ox(K) consent to serve you?(L)
    Will it stay by your manger(M) at night?
10 Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness?(N)
    Will it till the valleys behind you?
11 Will you rely on it for its great strength?(O)
    Will you leave your heavy work to it?
12 Can you trust it to haul in your grain
    and bring it to your threshing floor?

13 “The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
    though they cannot compare
    with the wings and feathers of the stork.(P)
14 She lays her eggs on the ground
    and lets them warm in the sand,
15 unmindful that a foot may crush them,
    that some wild animal may trample them.(Q)
16 She treats her young harshly,(R) as if they were not hers;
    she cares not that her labor was in vain,
17 for God did not endow her with wisdom
    or give her a share of good sense.(S)
18 Yet when she spreads her feathers to run,
    she laughs(T) at horse and rider.

19 “Do you give the horse its strength(U)
    or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?
20 Do you make it leap like a locust,(V)
    striking terror(W) with its proud snorting?(X)
21 It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength,(Y)
    and charges into the fray.(Z)
22 It laughs(AA) at fear, afraid of nothing;
    it does not shy away from the sword.
23 The quiver(AB) rattles against its side,
    along with the flashing spear(AC) and lance.
24 In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground;
    it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.(AD)
25 At the blast of the trumpet(AE) it snorts, ‘Aha!’
    It catches the scent of battle from afar,
    the shout of commanders and the battle cry.(AF)

26 “Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom
    and spread its wings toward the south?(AG)
27 Does the eagle soar at your command
    and build its nest on high?(AH)
28 It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night;
    a rocky crag(AI) is its stronghold.
29 From there it looks for food;(AJ)
    its eyes detect it from afar.
30 Its young ones feast on blood,
    and where the slain are, there it is.”(AK)