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  39:1 ¶
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? [Or] canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? |
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39:1 ¶
Knowest°°
thou the time°
when the wild goats°
of the rock°
bring forth?°°
[or] canst thou mark°°
when the hinds°
do calve?°° |
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39:2
Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? |
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39:2
Canst thou number°°
the months°
[that] they fulfil?°°
or knowest°°
thou the time°
when they bring forth?°° |
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39:3
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They cast out their pains. |
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39:3
They bow°°
themselves, they bring forth°°
their young ones,°
they cast out°°
their sorrows.° |
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39:4
Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; They go forth, and return not again. |
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39:4
Their young ones°
are in good liking,°°
they grow up°°
with corn;°
they go forth,°°
and return°°
not°
unto them. |
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39:5
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass, |
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39:5
Who°
hath sent out°°
the wild ass°
free?°
or who°
hath loosed°°
the bands°
of the wild ass?° |
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39:6
Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place? |
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39:6
Whose°
house°
I have made°°
the wilderness,°
and the barren°
land°
his dwellings.° |
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39:7
He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver. |
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39:7
He scorneth°°
the multitude°
of the city,°
neither°
regardeth°°
he the crying°
of the driver.°° |
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39:8
The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing. |
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39:8
The range°
of the mountains°
[is] his pasture,°
and he searcheth°°
after°
every°
green thing.° |
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39:9
Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib? |
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39:9
Will the unicorn°
be willing°°
to serve°°
thee, or°
abide°°
by°
thy crib?° |
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39:10
Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee? |
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39:10
Canst thou bind°°
the unicorn°
with his band°
in the furrow?°
or°
will he harrow°°
the valleys°
after°
thee? |
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39:11
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor? |
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39:11
Wilt thou trust°°
him, because°
his strength°
[is] great?°
or wilt thou leave°°
thy labour°
to°
him? |
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39:12
Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gather [the grain] of thy threshing-floor? |
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39:12
Wilt thou believe°°
him, that°
he will bring home°°°°
thy seed,°
and gather°°
[it into] thy barn?° |
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39:13
The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; [But] are they the pinions and plumage of love? |
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39:13
[Gavest thou] the goodly°°
wings°
unto the peacocks?°°°
or°
wings°
and feathers°
unto the ostrich?° |
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39:14
For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, |
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39:14
Which°
leaveth°°
her eggs°
in the earth,°
and warmeth°°
them in°
dust,° |
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39:15
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them. |
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39:15
And forgetteth°°
that°
the foot°
may crush°°
them, or that the wild°
beast°
may break°°
them. |
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39:16
She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain, [she is] without fear; |
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39:16
She is hardened°°
against her young ones,°
as though [they were] not°
hers: her labour°
is in vain°
without°
fear;° |
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39:17
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding. |
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39:17
Because°
God°
hath deprived°°
her of wisdom,°
neither°
hath he imparted°°
to her understanding.° |
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39:18
What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider. |
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39:18
What time°
she lifteth up°°
herself°
on high,°
she scorneth°°
the horse°
and his rider.°° |
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39:19
Hast thou given the horse [his] might? Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane? |
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39:19
Hast thou given°°
the horse°
strength?°
hast thou clothed°°
his neck°
with thunder?° |
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39:20
Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible. |
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39:20
Canst thou make him afraid°°
as a grasshopper?°
the glory°
of his nostrils°
[is] terrible.° |
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39:21
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth out to meet the armed men. |
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39:21
He paweth°°
in the valley,°
and rejoiceth°°
in [his] strength:°
he goeth on°°
to meet°°
the armed men.° |
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39:22
He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither turneth he back from the sword. |
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39:22
He mocketh°°
at fear,°
and is not°
affrighted;°°
neither°
turneth he back°°
from°°
the sword.° |
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39:23
The quiver rattleth against him, The flashing spear and the javelin. |
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39:23
The quiver°
rattleth°°
against°
him, the glittering°
spear°
and the shield.° |
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39:24
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet. |
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39:24
He swalloweth°°
the ground°
with fierceness°
and rage:°
neither°
believeth°°
he that°
[it is] the sound°
of the trumpet.° |
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39:25
As oft as the trumpet [soundeth] he saith, Aha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting. |
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39:25
He saith°°
among°
the trumpets,°
Ha,°
ha;°
and he smelleth°°
the battle°
afar off,°°
the thunder°
of the captains,°
and the shouting.° |
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39:26
Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, (And) stretcheth her wings toward the south? |
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39:26
Doth the hawk°
fly°°
by thy wisdom,°°
[and] stretch°°
her wings°
toward the south?° |
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39:27
Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high? |
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39:27
Doth the eagle°
mount up°°
at°
thy command,°
and make°°
her nest°
on high?°°° |
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39:28
On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold. |
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39:28
She dwelleth°°
and abideth°°
on the rock,°
upon°
the crag°
of the rock,°
and the strong place.° |
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39:29
From thence she spieth out the prey; Her eyes behold it afar off. |
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39:29
From thence°°
she seeketh°°
the prey,°
[and] her eyes°
behold°°
afar off.°° |
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39:30
Her young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she. |
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39:30
Her young ones°
also suck up°°
blood:°
and where°
the slain°
[are], there°
[is] she.° |
