{"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/web/job/39","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T02:35:37.344Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":39,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":38,"nextChapter":40,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":30},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"|Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, they end their labor pains."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go forth, and don't return again."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"|Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches after every green thing."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"|Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"|The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust,"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"|Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, 'Aha!' He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"|Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, on the point of the cliff, and the stronghold."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is.|"}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 39 (WEB)","markdown":"[Job 39](https://primebible.com/web/job/39)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/job/39 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}