God Asks Job's Advisors if They Know These Things |
Job 39:1-30 Book of Job [in Smaller Chunks] |
[Do] you know the time when the wild [mountain] goats [deliver?] Or can you [determine when the deer] calve? Can you [count] the months [until they're full-term?] Do you know the time when they [will deliver?] They bow themselves [down] & they [deliver] their young ones & [forget] their sorrows. |
Their young ones are [well-liked,] they grow up with corn & they go [out] & don't return to them. Who has sent out the wild [donkey] free? Or who has [loosened] the bands [that restrain] the wild [donkey?] |
Whose house have I made the wilderness & the barren land [the donkey's] [dwelling?] [The wild donkey looks down on] the multitude of the city & [doesn't regard] the driver crying [out.] The [mountain] range is his pasture & he searches after every green thing. |
[Genesis 1:29-31 And God said, [Look,] I have given you every herb bearing seed, [that] is upon the earth & every tree, in which the fruit of a tree [produces] seed. To you, it shall be for [food.] |
And to every [animal] of the earth & to every [bird] of the air & to everything that creeps upon the earth, [in which] there is life, I have given every green herb for [food] & it was so. And God saw everything that He had made & [saw] that it was very good. And the evening & the morning were the 6th day.] |
Will the unicorn, [a.k.a. wild ox] be willing to serve you, or [stay in] your [pen?] Can you [tie up the wild ox to make him plow] in the [furrows?] Or will he harrow [to break up & make smooth] the valleys after you. Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave [all your work] to him? Will you believe him, that he will bring home your [grain] & gather it into your barn? |
[Did] you [give the beautiful] wings to peacocks? Or wings & feathers to the ostrich? Which leaves her eggs in the [ground] & warms them in the [dirt.] And forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild [animal] may break them. |
She is [indifferent to] her young ones, as though they weren't hers. Her labor is in vain without fear; Because God has deprived [the ostrich] of wisdom & neither has He [given] understanding to her. [At] times, she lifts herself on high & she [looks down] on the horse & [its] rider. |
Have you given the horse [its] strength? Have you clothed his neck with [a mane that looks like] thunder [while galloping?] Can you make [the horse] afraid [& rear up to jump, like] a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. [The horse] paws [his hooves] in the valley & rejoices in his strength. |
He goes on to [catch up with] the armed men. He [scoffs] at fear & isn't [frightened.] Neither [does] he turn [away] from the sword. The [bow's] quiver, the [glistening] spear & the shield, rattle against him. |
[The horse can hardly] believe the sound of the trumpet, [as his galloping hooves] swallow [up] the ground with fierceness & rage. He [laughs] among the trumpet [blasts] & smells the battle far [away] & the captains thunder & [shout] [out orders] |
Does the hawk fly by your wisdom & stretch out [its] wings toward the south? Does the eagle mount up at your command & make her nest on high? She [lives & stays] upon the [cliff ledges] & the [secure places] of the rock. |
From there, she seeks the prey & her eyes [see it from far away.] Her young [eaglets,] also suck up [the prey's] blood. She is there, where the slain are. [Matthew 24:28 For [wherever] the carcass is, the eagles will be gathered there.] |