| Holman Christian Standard Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the deer in labor? | 1"Do you know when the mountain goat gives birth? Do you watch the doe as it calves its young? |
| 2Can you count the months they are pregnant so you can know the time they give birth? | 2Can you count the months of their gestation? Do you know the time when they give birth, |
| 3They crouch down to give birth to their young; they deliver their newborn. | 3when they crouch down to give birth to their offspring, and let go of their birth pangs? |
| 4Their offspring are healthy and grow up in the open field. They leave and do not return. | 4Their young are strong; they grow up in the open field; then they go off and don't return to them." |
| 5Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from its harness? | 5"Who sets the wild donkey free? Who loosens the bonds of the wild donkey |
| 6I made the wilderness its home, and the salty wasteland its dwelling. | 6to whom I've given the Arabah for a home; the salt plain for his dwelling place? |
| 7It scoffs at the noise of the village and never hears the shouts of a driver. | 7He despises city noises; he ignores the shouts of the driver. |
| 8It roams the mountains for its pastureland, searching for anything green. | 8He ranges the mountains that are his pasture to search for anything green. |
| 9Would the wild ox be willing to serve you? Would it spend the night by your feeding trough? | 9Is the wild ox willing to serve you? Will he sleep at night near your feeding trough? |
| 10Can you hold the wild ox to a furrow by its harness? Will it plow the valleys behind you? | 10Can you bind the ox to plow a furrow with a rope? Will he harrow after you in the valley? |
| 11Can you depend on it because its strength is great? Would you leave it to do your hard work? | 11Will you trust him because of his great strength and entrust your labor to him? |
| 12Can you trust the wild ox to harvest your grain and bring it to your threshing floor? | 12Will you trust him that he'll bring in your grain, and gather it to your threshing floor?" |
| 13The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but are her feathers and plumage like the stork's? | 13"The wings of the ostrich flap joyously, but aren't its pinions and feathers like the stork? |
| 14She abandons her eggs on the ground and lets them be warmed in the sand. | 14She abandons her eggs on the ground and lets them be warmed in the sand, |
| 15She forgets that a foot may crush them or that some wild animal may trample them. | 15but she forgets that a foot might crush them or any wild animal might trample them. |
| 16She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own, with no fear that her labor may have been in vain. | 16She mistreats her young as though they're not hers, and she has no fear that her labor may be in vain, |
| 17For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding. | 17because God didn't grant her wisdom and never gave her understanding. |
| 18When she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider. | 18And yet when she gets ready to run, she laughs at the horse and its rider." |
| 19Do you give strength to the horse? Do you adorn his neck with a mane? | 19Do you instill the horse with strength? Do you clothe its neck with a mane? |
| 20Do you make him leap like a locust? His proud snorting fills one with terror. | 20Can you make him leap like the locust, and make the splendor of his snorting terrifying? |
| 21He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; He charges into battle. | 21He paws the ground in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he goes out to face weapons. |
| 22He laughs at fear, since he is afraid of nothing; he does not run from the sword. | 22He scoffs at fear and is never scared; he never retreats from a sword. |
| 23A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and a lance. | 23A quiver of arrows rattles against his side, along with a flashing spear and a lance. |
| 24He charges ahead with trembling rage; he cannot stand still at the trumpet's sound. | 24Leaping in his excitement, he takes in the ground; he cannot stand still when the trumpets sound! |
| 25When the trumpet blasts, he snorts defiantly. He smells the battle from a distance; he hears the officers' shouts and the battle cry. | 25When the trumpet blasts he'll neigh, 'Aha! Aha!' From a distance he can sense war, the war cry of generals, and their shouting." |
| 26Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread its wings to the south? | 26"Is it by your understanding that the hawk flies, spreading its wings toward the south? |
| 27Does the eagle soar at your command and make its nest on high? | 27Does the eagle soar high at your command and build its nest on the highest crags? |
| 28It lives on a cliff where it spends the night; its stronghold is on a rocky crag. | 28He dwells on the crags where he makes his home, there on the rocky crag is his stronghold. |
| 29From there it searches for prey; its eyes penetrate the distance. | 29From there he searches for prey, and his eyes recognize it from a distance. |
| 30Its brood gulps down blood, and where the slain are, it is there. | 30His young ones feast on blood; he'll be found wherever there's a carcass." |
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