{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/job/39","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T11:13:30.722Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":39,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":38,"nextChapter":40,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":30},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Know you the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or can you mark when the hinds do calve?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Can you number the months that they fulfill? or know you the time when they bring forth?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not to them."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Who has sent out the wild ass free? or who has loosed the bands of the wild ass?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"He scorns the multitude of the city, neither regards he the crying of the driver."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Will the unicorn be willing to serve you, or abide by your crib?"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Can you bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after you?"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Will you trust him, because his strength is great? or will you leave your labor to him?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Will you believe him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather it into your barn?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Gave you the goodly wings to the peacocks? or wings and feathers to the ostrich?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Which leaves her eggs in the earth, and warms them in dust,"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: her labor is in vain without fear;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"What time she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Have you given the horse strength? have you clothed his neck with thunder?"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Can you make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength: he goes on to meet the armed men."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"He mocks at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turns he back from the sword."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"The quiver rattles against him, the glittering spear and the shield."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"He swallows the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believes he that it is the sound of the trumpet."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"He said among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Does the eagle mount up at your command, and make her nest on high?"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"She dwells and stays on the rock, on the crag of the rock, and the strong place."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"From there she seeks the prey, and her eyes behold afar off."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 39 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Job 39](https://primebible.com/akjv/job/39)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/job/39 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}