Job 39
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
2Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
3They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
4Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
5Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
6Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
7He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
8The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
9Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
10Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
11Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
12Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
13Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
14Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
15And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
16She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
17Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
18What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
19Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
20Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
21He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
22He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
23The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
24He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
25He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
27Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
28She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
29From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
30Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- כִּיkîyH35887× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- לֹאlôʼH38087× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- עַלʻalH59215× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- אִםʼimH5184× in this chapter
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
- סֶלַעçelaʻH55533× in this chapter
a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)
- עֵתʻêthH62563× in this chapter
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
- שׁוּבshûwbH77253× in this chapter
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
- שָׂחַקsâchaqH78323× in this chapter
to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play
- בֵּןbênH11212× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- חָפַרchâpharH26582× in this chapter
properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore
- יְגִיעַyᵉgîyaʻH30182× in this chapter
toil; hence, a work, produce, property (as the result of labor)
- יָדַעyâdaʻH30452× in this chapter
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
- אַחַרʼacharH3102× in this chapter
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
- יָלַדyâladH32052× in this chapter
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
- יָצָאyâtsâʼH33182× in this chapter
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- כֹּחַkôachH35812× in this chapter
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
- כָּנָףkânâphH36712× in this chapter
an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle
- לוּןlûwnH38852× in this chapter
to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)
- מִיmîyH43102× in this chapter
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
- אָמַןʼâmanH5392× in this chapter
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain;
- סוּסçûwçH54832× in this chapter
a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)
- עָזַבʻâzabH58002× in this chapter
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
- עֵמֶקʻêmeqH60102× in this chapter
a vale (i.e. broad depression)
- פַּחַדpachadH63432× in this chapter
a (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling)
- רְאֵםrᵉʼêmH72142× in this chapter
a wild bull (from its conspicuousness)
- רָחוֹקrâchôwqH73502× in this chapter
remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7762× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- שׁוֹפָרshôwphârH77822× in this chapter
a cornet (as giving a clear sound) or curved horn
- שָׁלַחshâlachH79712× in this chapter
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
- שָׁםshâmH80332× in this chapter
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8342× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- בִּינָהbîynâhH9982× in this chapter
understanding
- בֵּיצָהbêytsâhH10001× in this chapter
an egg (from its whiteness)
- בַּיִתbayithH10041× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- בְּלִיbᵉlîyH10971× in this chapter
properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.
- בָּרbârH12501× in this chapter
grain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extension the open country
- גָּבַהּgâbahhH13611× in this chapter
to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty
- גְּבוּרָהgᵉbûwrâhH13691× in this chapter
force (literally or figuratively); by implication, valor, victory
- אָבָהʼâbâhH141× in this chapter
to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent
- גָּמָאgâmâʼH15721× in this chapter
to absorb