| New King James Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1“Do you know the time when the wild mountain goats bear young? Or can you mark when the deer gives birth? | 1“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn? |
| 2Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they bear young? | 2Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth? |
| 3They bow down, They bring forth their young, They deliver their offspring. | 3They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn. |
| 4Their young ones are healthy, They grow strong with grain; They depart and do not return to them. | 4Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return. |
| 5“Who set the wild donkey free? Who loosed the bonds of the onager, | 5Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness? |
| 6Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the barren land his dwelling? | 6I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling. |
| 7He scorns the tumult of the city; He does not heed the shouts of the driver. | 7He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver. |
| 8The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searches after every green thing. | 8He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing. |
| 9“Will the wild ox be willing to serve you? Will he bed by your manger? | 9Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night? |
| 10Can you bind the wild ox in the furrow with ropes? Or will he plow the valleys behind you? | 10Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you? |
| 11Will you trust him because his strength is great? Or will you leave your labor to him? | 11Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him? |
| 12Will you trust him to bring home your grain, And gather it to your threshing floor? | 12Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor? |
| 13“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, But are her wings and pinions like the kindly stork’s? | 13The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork. |
| 14For she leaves her eggs on the ground, And warms them in the dust; | 14For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand. |
| 15She forgets that a foot may crush them, Or that a wild beast may break them. | 15She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them. |
| 16She treats her young harshly, as though they were not hers; Her labor is in vain, without concern, | 16She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain. |
| 17Because God deprived her of wisdom, And did not endow her with understanding. | 17For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding. |
| 18When she lifts herself on high, She scorns the horse and its rider. | 18Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider. |
| 19“Have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck with thunder? | 19Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane? |
| 20Can you frighten him like a locust? His majestic snorting strikes terror. | 20Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting? |
| 21He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength; He gallops into the clash of arms. | 21He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle. |
| 22He mocks at fear, and is not frightened; Nor does he turn back from the sword. | 22He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword. |
| 23The quiver rattles against him, The glittering spear and javelin. | 23A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance. |
| 24He devours the distance with fierceness and rage; Nor does he come to a halt because the trumpet has sounded. | 24Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds. |
| 25At the blast of the trumpet he says, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle from afar, The thunder of captains and shouting. | 25At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar—the shouts of captains and the cry of war. |
| 26“Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, And spread its wings toward the south? | 26Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south? |
| 27Does the eagle mount up at your command, And make its nest on high? | 27Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high? |
| 28On the rock it dwells and resides, On the crag of the rock and the stronghold. | 28He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag. |
| 29From there it spies out the prey; Its eyes observe from afar. | 29From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar. |
| 30Its young ones suck up blood; And where the slain are, there it is.” | 30His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.” |
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