Job 39:13-30
1599 Geneva Bible
13 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band to labor in the furrow? or will he plow the valleys after thee?
14 Wilt thou trust in him, because his strength is great, and cast off thy labor unto him?
15 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it unto thy barn?
16 Hast thou given the pleasant wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
17 Which leaveth his eggs in the earth, and maketh them [a]hot in the dust,
18 And forgetteth that the foot might scatter them, or that the wild beast might break them.
19 He showeth himself cruel unto his young ones, as they were not his, and is without fear, as if he travailed [b]in vain.
20 For God had deprived him of [c]wisdom, and hath given him no part of understanding.
21 When [d]time is, he mounteth on high: he mocketh the horse and his rider.
22 Hast thou given the horse strength, or covered his neck with [e]neighing?
23 Hast thou made him afraid as the grasshopper? his strong neighing is fearful.
24 He [f]diggeth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth forth to meet the harnessed man.
25 He mocketh at fear, and is not afraid, and turneth not back from the sword,
26 Though the quiver rattle against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
27 He [g]swalloweth the ground for fierceness and rage, and he believeth not that it is the noise of the trumpet.
28 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha: he smelleth the battle afar off, and the noise of the captains, and the shouting.
29 Shall the hawk fly by thy wisdom, stretching out his wings even toward the [h]South?
30 Doth the eagle mount up at thy commandment, or make his nest on high?
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- Job 39:17 They write that the ostrich covereth her eggs in the sand, and because the country is hot and the sun still keepeth them warm, they are hatched.
- Job 39:19 If he should take care of them.
- Job 39:20 That is, to have a care and natural affection toward his young.
- Job 39:21 When the young ostrich is grown up, he outrunneth the horse.
- Job 39:22 That is, given him courage? which is meant by neighing and shaking his mane: for with his breath he covereth his neck.
- Job 39:24 He beateth with his hoof.
- Job 39:27 He so rideth the ground that it seemeth nothing under him.
- Job 39:29 That is, when cold cometh, to fly into the warm countries.
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