New King James Version

King James Bible

1“Do you know the time when the wild mountain goats bear young? Or can you mark when the deer gives birth?

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

2Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they bear young?

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

3They bow down, They bring forth their young, They deliver their offspring.

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

4Their young ones are healthy, They grow strong with grain; They depart and do not return to them.

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

5“Who set the wild donkey free? Who loosed the bonds of the onager,

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

6Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the barren land his dwelling?

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

7He scorns the tumult of the city; He does not heed the shouts of the driver.

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

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

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

9“Will the wild ox be willing to serve you? Will he bed by your manger?

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

10Can you bind the wild ox in the furrow with ropes? Or will he plow the valleys behind you?

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

11Will you trust him because his strength is great? Or will you leave your labor to him?

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

12Will you trust him to bring home your grain, And gather it to your threshing floor?

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

13“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, But are her wings and pinions like the kindly stork’s?

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

14For she leaves her eggs on the ground, And warms them in the dust;

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

15She forgets that a foot may crush them, Or that a wild beast may break them.

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

16She treats her young harshly, as though they were not hers; Her labor is in vain, without concern,

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

17Because God deprived her of wisdom, And did not endow her with understanding.

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

18When she lifts herself on high, She scorns the horse and its rider.

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

19“Have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck with thunder?

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

20Can you frighten him like a locust? His majestic snorting strikes terror.

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

21He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength; He gallops into the clash of arms.

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

22He mocks at fear, and is not frightened; Nor does he turn back from the sword.

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

23The quiver rattles against him, The glittering spear and javelin.

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

24He devours the distance with fierceness and rage; Nor does he come to a halt because the trumpet has sounded.

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

25At the blast of the trumpet he says, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle from afar, The thunder of captains and shouting.

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

26“Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, And spread its wings toward the south?

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

27Does the eagle mount up at your command, And make its nest on high?

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

28On the rock it dwells and resides, On the crag of the rock and the stronghold.

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

29From there it spies out the prey; Its eyes observe from afar.

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

30Its young ones suck up blood; And where the slain are, there it is.”

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

The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.

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