{"book":"Job","slug":"job","ch":39,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Job","prev":"job/38","next":"job/40","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[“] Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"[“] Do you know when mountain goats give birth?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?"}],"h":"The LORD Speaks of His Creation","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Can you count the months they are pregnant?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Do you know the time they give birth?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They crouch down and bring forth their young;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they deliver their newborn."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they leave and do not return."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Who set the wild donkey free?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Who released the swift donkey from the harness?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I made the wilderness his home"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the salt flats his dwelling."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He scorns the tumult of the city"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and never hears the shouts of a driver."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He roams the mountains for pasture,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"searching for any green thing."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger {at night}?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Will the wild ox consent to serve you?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Will he stay by your manger {at night}?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"Can you hold [him] to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Can you hold [him] to the furrow with a harness?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Will he plow the valleys behind you?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Can you rely on his great strength?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Will you leave your hard work to him?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Can you trust him to bring in your grain"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and gather it to your threshing floor?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot [match] the pinions and feathers of the stork.","f":["Pinions are the outer parts of a bird’s wings, including the flight feathers."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but cannot [match] the pinions and feathers of the stork."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For she leaves her eggs on the ground"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and lets them warm in the sand."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"She forgets that a foot may crush them,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or a wild animal may trample them."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"She treats her young harshly, as if not her own,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with no concern that her labor was in vain."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For God has deprived her of wisdom;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He has not endowed her with understanding."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Yet when she proudly spreads her wings,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"she laughs at the horse and its rider."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Do you give strength to the horse"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or adorn his neck with a mane?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":20,"t":"Do you make him leap like a locust, [striking] terror with his proud snorting?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Do you make him leap like a locust,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[striking] terror with his proud snorting?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"he charges into battle."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"he does not turn back from the sword."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":23,"t":"A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance.","f":["Or javelin"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"A quiver rattles at his side,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"along with a flashing spear and lance."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":24,"t":"Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":25,"t":"At the [blast of] the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar, the shouts of captains and the cry of war.","f":["Or he snorts, ‘Aha!’"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"At the [blast of] the horn, he snorts with fervor."},{"style":"indent2","t":"He catches the scent of battle from afar,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the shouts of captains and the cry of war."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":26,"t":"Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Does the hawk take flight by your understanding"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and spread his wings toward the south?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":27,"t":"Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Does the eagle soar at your command"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and make his nest on high?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":28,"t":"He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He dwells on a cliff and lodges there;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"his stronghold is on a rocky crag."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":29,"t":"From there he spies out food; his eyes see [it] from afar.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"From there he spies out food;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"his eyes see [it] from afar."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":30,"t":"His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain [are], there he [is].”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"His young ones feast on blood;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and where the slain [are], there he [is].”"}],"style":"indent1"}]}