Job 39:4-14

4 Their young ones are sturdy; they grow up with corn; they go forth and return not unto them.

5 "Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass,

6 whose house I have made the wilderness and the barren land his dwellings?

7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.

8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band to the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys behind thee?

11 Wilt thou trust him because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave thy labor to him?

12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home the seed and gather it into thy barn?

13 "Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich,

14 which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,

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.