Job · Chapter 39

Job 39:15

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.

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Verse	KJV	BSB	ASV
15	And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.	She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.	And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them.

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English	Hebrew	Say it	Strong's	Meaning
and it has forgotten	וַ֭תִּשְׁכַּח	VA-tish-kach	H7911	to forget שָׁכַח (sha.khach) 1) to forget, ignore, wither 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to forget 1a2) to cease to care 1b) (Niphal) to be forgotten 1c) (Piel) to cause to forget 1d) (Hiphil) to make or cause to forget 1e) (Hithpael) to be forgotten Aramaic equivalent: she.khach (שְׁכַח "to find" H7912)
that	כִּי־	ki-	H3588A	for כִּי (ki) 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore
a foot	רֶ֣גֶל	RE-gel	H7272	foot רְגַל (re.gal) foot Aramaic of re.gel (רֶ֫גֶל "foot" H7272)
it will crush it	תְּזוּרֶ֑הָ	te-zu-RE-ha	H2115	to crush זוּר (zur) 1) (Qal) to press, squeeze, crush, press down and out 1a) to close up (of a wound)
and [the] animal of	וְחַיַּ֖ת	ve-chai-YAT	H2416C	living thing חַיָּה (chay.yah) 1) living thing, animal 1a) animal 1b) life 1c) appetite 1d) revival, renewal Aramaic equivalent: che.va (חֵיוָא "beast" H2423)
the field	הַשָּׂדֶ֣ה	ha-sa-DEH	H7704I	No entry
it will trample it	תְּדוּשֶֽׁהָ׃	te-du-SHE-ha	H1758	to thresh אָדַשׁ (a.dash) (Qal) to tread, tread on, thresh, trample on Another spelling of dush (דּוּשׁ "to tread" H1758)

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Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.