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39:1  “Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch ·when the deer gives birth to her fawn [L the birth pangs of the deer]?
39:2  Do you count the months until they ·give birth [are fulfilled] and know the right time for them to give birth?
39:3  They lie down, their young are born, and ·then the pain of giving birth is over [L deliver their fetuses].
39:4  Their young ones grow big and strong in the wild country. Then they leave their homes and do not return.
39:5  “Who let the ·wild donkey [or onager; C a donkey-like animal also known as the Asian wild ass; Gen. 16:12] go free? Who untied ·its ropes [L the Arabian onager from its bonds; C another Hebrew word for a wild donkey]?
39:6  I am the one who gave ·the donkey [L it] the ·desert [steppe] as its home; I gave it the ·desert [L salt] lands as a place to live.
39:7  ·The wild donkey [L It] ·laughs [scoffs] at the ·confusion [tumult; noise] in the city, and it does not hear the drivers shout.
39:8  It ·roams [scouts out] the ·hills [mountains] looking for pasture, looking for anything green to eat.
39:9  “Will the wild ox agree to serve you and stay by your ·feeding box [stable] at night?
39:10  Can you hold it to the ·plowed row [furrow] with a ·harness [rope] so it will ·plow [harrow] the valleys for you?
39:11  Will you depend on the wild ox for its great strength and ·leave [hand over] your heavy work for it to do?
39:12  Can you trust the ox to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
39:13  “The wings of the ostrich flap happily, but ·they are not like the feathers of the stork [or its pinions lack plumage].
39:14  The ostrich lays its eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the ·sand [dust].
39:15  It ·does not stop to think [forgets] that a foot might step on them and crush them; ·it does not care that some animal [L or a wild animal] might ·walk on [trample] them.
39:16  The ostrich ·is cruel to [treats harshly] its young, as if they were not even its own. It does not care that its work is for nothing,
39:17  because God ·did not give the ostrich [or made her forget] wisdom; God did not give it a share of ·good sense [understanding].
39:18  But when ·the ostrich gets up to run, it is so fast that [or it flaps its wings aloft and] it laughs at the horse and its rider.
39:19  “Job, are you the one who gives the horse its strength or puts a flowing mane on its neck?
39:20  Do you make the horse ·jump like a locust [or quiver like locust wings]? It scares people with its ·proud [splendid] snorting.
39:21  It paws ·wildly [or the dirt of the valley], enjoying its strength, and ·charges into battle [L goes out to encounter the weapons].
39:22  It laughs at ·fear [or danger] and is afraid of nothing; it does not run away from the sword.
39:23  The ·bag of arrows [quiver] rattles against the horse’s side, along with the flashing ·spears and swords [or javelins and spears].
39:24  With ·great excitement [L trembling and shaking], the horse ·races over [L swallows up] the ground; and it cannot stand still when it hears the ·trumpet [ram’s horn].
39:25  When the ·trumpet [ram’s horn] blows, the horse snorts, ‘Aha!’ It ·smells [senses] the battle from far away; ·it hears the shouts [L the thunder] of commanders and the battle cry.
39:26  “Is it through your ·wisdom [understanding] that the ·hawk [or falcon] ·flies [soars] and spreads its wings toward the south?
39:27  Are you the one that commands the eagle to fly and build its nest so high?
39:28  It lives on a high cliff and stays there at night; the ·rocky [sharp] peak is its ·protected place [fortress].
39:29  From there it ·looks [scouts] for its food; its eyes can see it from far away.
39:30  Its young ·eat [suck; gorge on] blood, and where ·there is something dead [the slain are], the eagle is there.”