Job 39:1-30 ICB

[1] "Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the deer gives birth to her fawn? [2] Do you count the months until they give birth? Do you know when the time is right for them to give birth? [3] They lie down, and their young are born. Then the pain of giving birth is over. [4] Their young ones grow and become strong in the wild country. Then they leave their homes and do not come back. [5] "Who let the wild donkey go free? Who untied his ropes? [6] I am the one who gave the donkey the desert as his home. I gave him the desert lands as a place to live. [7] The wild donkey laughs at the confusion in the city. He does not hear the drivers shout. [8] He roams the hills looking for pasture. And he looks for anything green to eat. [9] "Will the wild ox agree to serve you? Will he stay by your feeding box at night? [10] Can you hold him to the plowed row with a harness? Will he plow the valleys for you? [11] Will you depend on the wild ox for his great strength? Will you leave your heavy work for him to do? [12] Can you trust the ox to bring in your grain? Will he gather it to your threshing floor? [13] "The wings of the ostrich flap happily. But the ostrich's wings are not as beautiful as the feathers of the stork. [14] The ostrich lays her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand. [15] She does not stop to think that a foot might step on them and crush them. She does not care that some animal might walk on them. [16] The ostrich is cruel to her young, as if they were not even hers. She does not care that her work is for nothing. [17] This is because God did not give the ostrich wisdom. God did not give her a share of good sense. [18] But when the ostrich gets up to run, she is so fast that she laughs at the horse and its rider. [19] "Job, are you the one who gives the horse his strength? Or do you put a flowing mane on his neck? [20] Do you make the horse jump like a locust? He scares people with his proud snorting. [21] He paws wildly, enjoying his strength. And he charges into the battle. [22] He laughs at fear and is afraid of nothing. He will not run away from the sword. [23] The bag of arrows rattles against the horse's side. It is there with the flashing spears. [24] With great excitement, the horse races over the ground. He cannot stand still when he hears the trumpet. [25] When the trumpet blows, the horse snorts, 'Aha!' He smells the battle from far away. He hears the thunder of commanders and the shouts of battle. [26] "Is it through your wisdom that the hawk flies? Is this why he spreads his wings toward the south? [27] Are you the one that commands the eagle to fly and build his nest so high? [28] The eagle lives on a high cliff and stays there at night. The rocky peak is his protected place. [29] From there he looks for his food. His eyes can see it from far away. [30] His young eat blood. And where there is something dead, the eagle is there."