Bible Chapter Summary
Job 39 Summary
The Lord's Questions About Animals
The Lord continues questioning Job regarding creatures He alone sustains: the wild goats, hinds, wild ass roaming free in the wilderness, and the wild ox that no man can tame. God asks if Job gave the peacock and ostrich their wings, noting that the ostrich forsakes her eggs in the dust heedlessly. God describes the horse's strength and terror, and the hawk and eagle that soar and hunt by divine power, not human knowledge or command.
Key themes
Key verses
Job 39:1-2
“Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?”
Job 39:6-8
“Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.”
Job 39:19
“Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?”
Job 39:27
“Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?”
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