1 | "Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns? | 1Sa 24:2 Ps 104:18 |
2 | Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth? | Jer 2:24 |
3 | They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They end their labor pains. |
4 | Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go forth, and don`t return again. |
5 | "Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey, | Jb 6:5 Jb 11:12 Jb 24:5 Gn 16:12 Ps 104:11 Isa 32:14 Jer 2:24 Jer 14:6 Dn 5:21 Hos 8:9 |
6 | Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place? | Dt 29:23 Ps 107:34 Jer 17:6 Ezk 47:11 |
7 | He scorns the tumult of the city, Neither hears he the shouting of the driver. | Jb 39:18 Jb 3:18 Isa 31:4 |
8 | The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches after every green thing. | Jb 40:15 Jb 40:20-22 Gn 1:29 Gn 1:30 Ps 104:27 Ps 104:28 Ps 145:15 Ps 145:16 |
9 | "Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough? | Nm 23:22 Dt 33:17 Ps 22:21 Ps 92:10 |
10 | Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you? | Jb 39:5 Jb 39:7 Jb 1:14 Jb 41:5 Ps 129:3 Hos 10:10 Hos 10:11 Mic 1:13 |
11 | Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor? | Ps 20:7 Ps 33:16 Ps 33:17 Ps 147:10 Isa 30:16 Isa 31:1-3 |
12 | Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, And gather the grain of your threshing floor? | Ne 13:15 Am 2:13 |
13 | "The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the pinions and plumage of love? | 1Ki 10:22 2Ch 9:21 |
14 | For she leaves her eggs on the earth, Warms them in the dust, |
15 | And forgets that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild animal may trample them. |
16 | She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear, | Lam 4:3 |
17 | Because God has deprived her of wisdom, Neither has he imparted to her understanding. | Jb 17:4 Jb 35:11 Dt 2:30 2Ch 32:31 Isa 19:11-14 Isa 57:17 Jm 1:17 |
18 | When she lifts up herself on high, She scorns the horse and his rider. | Jb 39:7 Jb 39:22 Jb 5:22 Jb 41:29 2Ki 19:21 |
19 | "Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane? | Ex 15:1 Ps 147:10 |
20 | Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome. | Jb 41:20 Jb 41:21 Jer 8:16 |
21 | He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength: He goes out to meet the armed men. | Jg 5:22 |
22 | He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither does he turn back from the sword. | Jb 39:16 Jb 39:18 Jb 41:33 |
23 | The quiver rattles against him, The flashing spear and the javelin. | Jb 41:26-29 |
24 | He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, Neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet. | Jb 37:20 Hab 1:8 Hab 1:9 |
25 | As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, `Aha!` He smells the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting. | Ps 70:3 Ezk 26:2 Ezk 36:2 |
26 | "Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, And stretches her wings toward the south? | Lv 16:11 Dt 14:15 |
27 | Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, And makes his nest on high? | Ex 19:4 Lv 11:13 Ps 103:5 Pr 23:5 Isa 40:31 Hos 8:1 |
28 | On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, On the point of the cliff, and the stronghold. | 1Sa 14:4 |
29 | From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off. | Jb 9:26 |
30 | His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is." | Ezk 39:17-19 Mt 24:28 Lk 17:37 |