Job 39:13-30

Christian Standard Bible

¹³ The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
but are her feathers and plumage like the stork’s?^[a](A)
14 She abandons her eggs on the ground
and lets them be warmed in the sand.
¹⁵ She forgets that a foot may crush them
or that some wild animal may trample them.
¹⁶ She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own,
with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.
¹⁷ For God has deprived her of wisdom;
he has not endowed her with understanding.^(B)
18 When she proudly^[b] spreads her wings,
she laughs at the horse and its rider.

¹⁹ Do you give strength to the horse?
Do you adorn his neck with a mane?^[c]
20 Do you make him leap like a locust?
His proud snorting fills one with terror.
²¹ He paws^[d] in the valley and rejoices in his strength;
he charges into battle.^[e]
22 He laughs at fear, since he is afraid of nothing;
he does not run from the sword.
²³ A quiver rattles at his side,
along with a flashing spear and a javelin.
²⁴ He charges ahead^[f] with trembling rage;
he cannot stand still at the sound of the ram’s horn.
²⁵ When the ram’s horn blasts, he snorts defiantly.^[g]
He smells the battle from a distance;
he hears the officers’ shouts and the battle cry.

²⁶ Does the hawk take flight by your understanding
and spread its wings to the south?
²⁷ Does the eagle soar at your command
and make its nest^(C) on high?
²⁸ It lives on a cliff where it spends the night;
its stronghold is on a rocky crag.
²⁹ From there it searches for prey;^(D)
its eyes penetrate the distance.
³⁰ Its brood gulps down blood,
and where the slain are, it is there.^(E)