King James Bible

New Living Translation

1Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

1“Do you know when the wild goats give birth? Have you watched as deer are born in the wild?

2Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

2Do you know how many months they carry their young? Are you aware of the time of their delivery?

3They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.

3They crouch down to give birth to their young and deliver their offspring.

4Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.

4Their young grow up in the open fields, then leave home and never return.

5Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

5“Who gives the wild donkey its freedom? Who untied its ropes?

6Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

6I have placed it in the wilderness; its home is the wasteland.

7He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.

7It hates the noise of the city and has no driver to shout at it.

8The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

8The mountains are its pastureland, where it searches for every blade of grass.

9Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

9“Will the wild ox consent to being tamed? Will it spend the night in your stall?

10Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

10Can you hitch a wild ox to a plow? Will it plow a field for you?

11Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

11Given its strength, can you trust it? Can you leave and trust the ox to do your work?

12Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

12Can you rely on it to bring home your grain and deliver it to your threshing floor?

13Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

13“The ostrich flaps her wings grandly, but they are no match for the feathers of the stork.

14Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,

14She lays her eggs on top of the earth, letting them be warmed in the dust.

15And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.

15She doesn’t worry that a foot might crush them or a wild animal might destroy them.

16She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

16She is harsh toward her young, as if they were not her own. She doesn’t care if they die.

17Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

17For God has deprived her of wisdom. He has given her no understanding.

18What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

18But whenever she jumps up to run, she passes the swiftest horse with its rider.

19Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?

19“Have you given the horse its strength or clothed its neck with a flowing mane?

20Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.

20Did you give it the ability to leap like a locust? Its majestic snorting is terrifying!

21He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.

21It paws the earth and rejoices in its strength when it charges out to battle.

22He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.

22It laughs at fear and is unafraid. It does not run from the sword.

23The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.

23The arrows rattle against it, and the spear and javelin flash.

24He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.

24It paws the ground fiercely and rushes forward into battle when the ram’s horn blows.

25He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

25It snorts at the sound of the horn. It senses the battle in the distance. It quivers at the captain’s commands and the noise of battle.

26Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?

26“Is it your wisdom that makes the hawk soar and spread its wings toward the south?

27Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

27Is it at your command that the eagle rises to the heights to make its nest?

28She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.

28It lives on the cliffs, making its home on a distant, rocky crag.

29From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

29From there it hunts its prey, keeping watch with piercing eyes.

30Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.

30Its young gulp down blood. Where there’s a carcass, there you’ll find it.”

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