39Job 39

CHAP JOBIX. / 1 Of the wild goates and hinds. 5 Of the wild Asse. 9 The Vnicorne. 13 The Peacock, Storke and Ostrich. 19 The horse. 26 The hauke. 27 The Eagle.

1Knowest thou the time when the wild goates of the rocke bring forth? or canst thou marke when the hindes doe calue?Select Job 39:1

2Canst thou number the moneths that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?Select Job 39:2

3They bowe themselues, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrowes.Select Job 39:3

4Their yong ones are in good liking, they grow vp with corne: they go forth, and returne not vnto them.Select Job 39:4

5Who hath sent out the wild asse free? or who hath looosed the bands of the wild asse?Select Job 39:5

6Whose house I haue made the wildernesse, and the barren lande his dwellings.Select Job 39:6

7He scorneth the multitude of the citie, neither regardeth he the crying of the driuer.Select Job 39:7

8The range of the mountaines is his pasture, and hee searcheth after euery greene thing.Select Job 39:8

9Will the Unicorne be willing to serue thee? or abide by thy cribbe?Select Job 39:9

10Canst thou binde the Unicorne with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleyes after thee?Select Job 39:10

11Wilt thou trust him because his strength is great? or wilt thou leaue thy labour to him?Select Job 39:11

12Wilt thou beleeue him that hee will bring home thy seed? and gather it into thy barne?Select Job 39:12

13Gauest thou the goodly wings vnto the peacocks, or wings and feathers vnto the Ostrich?Select Job 39:13

14Which leaueth her egges in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,Select Job 39:14

15And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wilde beast may breake them.Select Job 39:15

16She is hardened against her yong ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vaine without feare.Select Job 39:16

17Because God hath depriued her of wisedome, neither hath he imparted to her vnderstanding.Select Job 39:17

18What time she lifteth vp her selfe on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.Select Job 39:18

19Hast thou giuen the horse strength? hast thou clothed his necke with thunder?Select Job 39:19

20Canst thou make him afraid as a grashopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.Select Job 39:20

21He paweth in the valley, and reioyceth in his strength: hee goeth on to meet the armed men.Select Job 39:21

22He mocketh at feare, and is not affrighted: neither turneth he backe from the sword.Select Job 39:22

23The quiuer ratleth against him, the glittering speare and the shield.Select Job 39:23

24He swalloweth the ground with fiercenesse and rage: neither beleeueth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.Select Job 39:24

25Hee saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha: and he smelleth the battaile afarre off, the thunder of the captaines, and the shouting.Select Job 39:25

26Doeth the hawke flie by thy wisedome, and stretch her wings toward the South?Select Job 39:26

27Doeth the Eagle mount vp at thy commaund? and make her nest on high?Select Job 39:27

28She dwelleth and abideth on the rocke, vpon the cragge of the rocke, and the strong place.Select Job 39:28

29From thence she seeketh the pray, and her eyes behold a farre off.Select Job 39:29

30Her yong ones also suck vp blood: and where the slaine are, there is he.Select Job 39:30