God reminds Job of the unique animals he has created in this chapter. God questions Job about various animals' traits and behaviors, including mountain goats, deer, donkeys, oxen, ostriches, horses, eagles, and hawks. God highlights each animal's distinct characteristics and abilities, showing Job that God endowed each creature with its own skills and nature. The chapter aims to impress upon Job God's immense power and wisdom in creating such a diverse natural world.
2. Before you watch and read
• God is talking to Job in this chapter
• God is reminding Job and us how
wonderful and amazing are the creatures
he created
3. 1 "Do you know when the
mountain goats give birth?
Do you watch when the doe
bears her fawn?
4. 2 Do you count the months till
they bear?
Do you know the time they give
birth?
3 They crouch down and bring
forth their young; their labor pains
are ended.
5. 4 Their young thrive and grow strong
in the wilds; they leave and do not
return.
6. Goats and deer are mammals
What are the characteristics of mammals?
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hair or fur
middle ear bones
warm blooded
produce milk to feed their babies
7. 5 Who let the wild donkey go free?
Who untied his ropes?
6 I gave him the wasteland as his
home, the salt flats as his habitat.
8. 7 He laughs at the commotion in the
town; he does not hear a driver's
shout.
8 He ranges the hills for his pasture
and searches for any green thing.
14. 14 She lays her
eggs on the ground
and lets them
warm in the sand,
15 unmindful that
a foot may crush
them,
that some wild
animal may
trample them
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16 She treats her young
harshly, as if they were not
hers; she cares not that her
labor was in vain,
17 for God did not endow
her with wisdom or give her
a share of good sense.
16.
18 Yet when she
spreads her
feathers to run,
she laughs at
horse and rider.
18. How are Ostriches different than
most birds?
Ostriches do not fly like most birds
Ostriches are fast runners
Ostriches get most of their water from the plants they
eat.
Ostriches grow to be bigger than people!
24. Eagles & Hawks are raptors
• Raptors are known as birds of prey. They
catch prey for their meals.
• The word “raptor” is from the Latin word
“rapere” which mean to seize or grab.
• Raptors have a hooked beak, strong feet with
sharp claws called talons, keen eyesight
• They eat meat making them carnivores
• Falcons & owls are also raptors