| New International Version | New Living Translation |
| 1"Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn? | 1“Do you know when the wild goats give birth? Have you watched as deer are born in the wild? |
| 2Do you count the months till they bear? Do you know the time they give birth? | 2Do you know how many months they carry their young? Are you aware of the time of their delivery? |
| 3They crouch down and bring forth their young; their labor pains are ended. | 3They crouch down to give birth to their young and deliver their offspring. |
| 4Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds; they leave and do not return. | 4Their young grow up in the open fields, then leave home and never return. |
| 5"Who let the wild donkey go free? Who untied its ropes? | 5“Who gives the wild donkey its freedom? Who untied its ropes? |
| 6I gave it the wasteland as its home, the salt flats as its habitat. | 6I have placed it in the wilderness; its home is the wasteland. |
| 7It laughs at the commotion in the town; it does not hear a driver's shout. | 7It hates the noise of the city and has no driver to shout at it. |
| 8It ranges the hills for its pasture and searches for any green thing. | 8The mountains are its pastureland, where it searches for every blade of grass. |
| 9"Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will it stay by your manger at night? | 9“Will the wild ox consent to being tamed? Will it spend the night in your stall? |
| 10Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness? Will it till the valleys behind you? | 10Can you hitch a wild ox to a plow? Will it plow a field for you? |
| 11Will you rely on it for its great strength? Will you leave your heavy work to it? | 11Given its strength, can you trust it? Can you leave and trust the ox to do your work? |
| 12Can you trust it to haul in your grain and bring it to your threshing floor? | 12Can you rely on it to bring home your grain and deliver it to your threshing floor? |
| 13"The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, though they cannot compare with the wings and feathers of the stork. | 13“The ostrich flaps her wings grandly, but they are no match for the feathers of the stork. |
| 14She lays her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand, | 14She lays her eggs on top of the earth, letting them be warmed in the dust. |
| 15unmindful that a foot may crush them, that some wild animal may trample them. | 15She doesn’t worry that a foot might crush them or a wild animal might destroy them. |
| 16She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers; she cares not that her labor was in vain, | 16She is harsh toward her young, as if they were not her own. She doesn’t care if they die. |
| 17for God did not endow her with wisdom or give her a share of good sense. | 17For God has deprived her of wisdom. He has given her no understanding. |
| 18Yet when she spreads her feathers to run, she laughs at horse and rider. | 18But whenever she jumps up to run, she passes the swiftest horse with its rider. |
| 19"Do you give the horse its strength or clothe its neck with a flowing mane? | 19“Have you given the horse its strength or clothed its neck with a flowing mane? |
| 20Do you make it leap like a locust, striking terror with its proud snorting? | 20Did you give it the ability to leap like a locust? Its majestic snorting is terrifying! |
| 21It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength, and charges into the fray. | 21It paws the earth and rejoices in its strength when it charges out to battle. |
| 22It laughs at fear, afraid of nothing; it does not shy away from the sword. | 22It laughs at fear and is unafraid. It does not run from the sword. |
| 23The quiver rattles against its side, along with the flashing spear and lance. | 23The arrows rattle against it, and the spear and javelin flash. |
| 24In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds. | 24It paws the ground fiercely and rushes forward into battle when the ram’s horn blows. |
| 25At the blast of the trumpet it snorts, 'Aha!' It catches the scent of battle from afar, the shout of commanders and the battle cry. | 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. |
| 26"Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom and spread its wings toward the south? | 26“Is it your wisdom that makes the hawk soar and spread its wings toward the south? |
| 27Does the eagle soar at your command and build its nest on high? | 27Is it at your command that the eagle rises to the heights to make its nest? |
| 28It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night; a rocky crag is its stronghold. | 28It lives on the cliffs, making its home on a distant, rocky crag. |
| 29From there it looks for food; its eyes detect it from afar. | 29From there it hunts its prey, keeping watch with piercing eyes. |
| 30Its young ones feast on blood, and where the slain are, there it is." | 30Its young gulp down blood. Where there’s a carcass, there you’ll find it.” |
| New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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