Job 39:4-14

4 Their young ones grow big and strong in the wild country. Then they leave their homes and do not return.

5 "Who let the wild donkey go free? Who untied its ropes?

6 I am the one who gave the donkey the desert as its home; I gave it the desert lands as a place to live.

7 The wild donkey laughs at the confusion in the city, and it does not hear the drivers shout.

8 It roams the hills looking for pasture, looking for anything green to eat.

9 "Will the wild ox agree to serve you and stay by your feeding box at night?

10 Can you hold it to the plowed row with a harness so it will plow the valleys for you?

11 Will you depend on the wild ox for its great strength and leave your heavy work for it to do?

12 Can you trust the ox to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?

13 "The wings of the ostrich flap happily, but they are not like the feathers of the stork.

14 The ostrich lays its eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.

Job 39:4-14 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.