New King James Version

New American Standard Bible 1995

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 the time the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the deer?

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

2"Can you count the months they fulfill, Or do you know the time they give birth?

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

3"They kneel down, they bring forth their young, They get rid of their labor pains.

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

4"Their offspring become strong, they grow up in the open field; They leave and do not return to them.

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

5"Who sent out the wild donkey free? And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,

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

6To whom I gave the wilderness for a home And the salt land for his dwelling place?

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

7"He scorns the tumult of the city, The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.

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

8"He explores the mountains for his pasture And searches after every green thing.

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

9"Will the wild ox consent to serve you, Or will he spend the night at your manger?

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

10"Can you bind the wild ox in a furrow with ropes, Or will he harrow the valleys after you?

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

11"Will you trust him because his strength is great And leave your labor to him?

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

12"Will you have faith in him that he will return your grain And gather it from your threshing floor?

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

13"The ostriches' wings flap joyously With the pinion and plumage of love,

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

14For she abandons her eggs to the earth And warms them in the dust,

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

15And she forgets that a foot may crush them, Or that a wild beast may trample them.

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

16"She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers; Though her labor be in vain, she is unconcerned;

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

17Because God has made her forget wisdom, And has not given her a share of understanding.

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

18"When she lifts herself on high, She laughs at the horse and his rider.

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

19"Do you give the horse his might? Do you clothe his neck with a mane?

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

20"Do you make him leap like the locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.

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

21"He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength; He goes out to meet the weapons.

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

22"He laughs at fear and is not dismayed; And he does not turn back from the sword.

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

23"The quiver rattles against him, The flashing spear and javelin.

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

24"With shaking and rage he races over the ground, And he does not stand still at the voice of the trumpet.

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

25"As often as the trumpet sounds he says, 'Aha!' And he scents the battle from afar, And the thunder of the captains and the war cry.

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

26"Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, Stretching his wings toward the south?

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

27"Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up And makes his nest on high?

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

28"On the cliff he dwells and lodges, Upon the rocky crag, an inaccessible place.

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

29"From 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.”

30"His young ones also suck up blood; And where the slain are, there is he."

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

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