Job 39:6-16

6 whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, and the salt land his coverts.

7 He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, and hears not the chiding of the tax-gatherer.

8 He will survey the mountains his pasture, and he seeks after every green thing.

9 And will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or to lie down at thy manger?

10 And wilt thou bind his yoke with thongs, or will he plough furrows for thee in the plain?

11 And dost thou trust him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou commit thy works to him?

12 And wilt thou believe that he will return to thee thy seed, and bring in thy threshing-floor?

13 The peacock has a beautiful wing: if the stork and the ostrich conceive, ,

14 for will leave her eggs in the ground, and warm them on the dust,

15 and has forgotten that the foot will scatter them, and the wild beasts of the field trample them.

16 She has hardened against her young ones, as though not herself: she labours in vain without fear.

Job 39:6-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 39

This chapter treats of various creatures, beasts and birds, which Job had little knowledge of, had no concern in the making of them, and scarcely any power over them; as of the goats and hinds, Job 39:1-4; of the wild ass, Job 39:5-8; of the unicorn, Job 39:9-12; of the peacock and ostrich, Job 39:13-18; of the horse, Job 39:19-25; and of the hawk and eagle, Job 39:26-30.