- Job 39 deals with the natural order in the animal kingdom. Why such a lengthy excursus.
- How does it all relate to Job’s problem and God’s relationship with man? Is it perhaps mostly literary flair and a catalogue of fauna indigenous to the Near East?
- With what does the writer contrast the wild ass in Job 39:7 and the wild ox in Job 39:9-12?
- What are we told about the character of the ostrich (Job 39:13-18)? In Job 39:18, others omit “else” and the conditional “would” and render the verse as a continuation of the description of the ostrich. What unique characteristic of this bird is implied in the second half of the verse?
- What portion of the description of the horse in Job 39:19-25 is most important?
- The same question can be asked about the description of the hawk (Job 39:26-30).
