Job 39:13-30

International Standard Version

¹³ “The wings of the ostrich flap joyously,
    but aren’t its pinions and feathers like the stork?
¹⁴ She abandons her eggs on the ground
    and lets them be warmed in the sand,
¹⁵ but she forgets that a foot might crush them
    or any wild animal might trample them.
¹⁶ She mistreats her young as though they’re not hers,
    and she has no fear that her labor may be in vain,
¹⁷ because God didn’t grant her wisdom
    and never gave her understanding.
¹⁸ And yet when she gets ready to run,
    she laughs at the horse and its rider.”

¹⁹ Do you instill the horse with strength?
    Do you clothe its neck with a mane?
²⁰ Can you make him leap like the locust,
    and make the splendor of his snorting terrifying?
²¹ He paws the ground^[a] in the valley
    and rejoices in his strength;
        he goes out to face weapons.
²² He scoffs at fear
    and is never scared;
        he never retreats from a sword.
²³ A quiver of arrows rattles against his side,
    along with a flashing spear and a lance.
²⁴ Leaping in his excitement, he takes in^[b] the ground;
    he cannot stand still when the trumpets sound!
²⁵ When the trumpet blasts he’ll neigh, ‘Aha! Aha!’
    From a distance he can sense war,
        the war cry of generals,^[c] and their shouting.”

²⁶ “Is it by your understanding that the hawk flies,
    spreading its wings toward the south?
²⁷ Does the eagle soar high at your command^[d]
    and build its nest on the highest crags?
²⁸ He dwells on the crags where he makes his home,
    there on the rocky crag is his stronghold.
²⁹ From there he searches for prey,
    and his eyes recognize it from a distance.
³⁰ His young ones feast^[e] on blood;
    he’ll be found wherever there’s a carcass.”^[f]