Job 39

Job 39:1

39:1-8 Job is reminded that no one but God knows fully the gestation periods, the birth habits, and the instincts of the wild mountain goats and the deer. The wild donkey (also called onager) scorns restraint, city life, and harness, but roams at will over the desert and mountain ranges searching for every green thing. 39:9-18 The wild ox also rejects a life of service in plowing or transporting. And what about the ostrich with her unusual wings? In some ways she acts foolishly, laying her eggs in places where they are vulnerable, and treating her young harshly. Yet she can outrun the race horse and its rider! 39:19-25 God next asks Job if he gave strength to the war horse, or clothed his neck with thunder (or a mane, NKJV marg.). Majestic and unafraid, devouring distance with fierceness and rage, this proud animal eagerly gallops into the battle in utter disregard of shouting, trumpet, or glittering spears and javelin. 39:26-30 Did Job give wisdom to the hawk to migrate south? And was he the one who taught the eagle to fly, to nest on the high rocky crag, to spy out carrion from a great distance, and to train its young ones to find their food?