| New King James Version | New International Version |
| 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 the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn? |
| 2Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they bear young? | 2Do you count the months till they bear? 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; their labor pains are ended. |
| 4Their young ones are healthy, They grow strong with grain; They depart and do not return to them. | 4Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds; they leave and do not return. |
| 5“Who set the wild donkey free? Who loosed the bonds of the onager, | 5"Who let the wild donkey go free? Who untied its ropes? |
| 6Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the barren land his dwelling? | 6I gave it the wasteland as its home, the salt flats as its habitat. |
| 7He scorns the tumult of the city; He does not heed the shouts of the driver. | 7It laughs at the commotion in the town; it does not hear a driver's shout. |
| 8The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searches after every green thing. | 8It ranges the hills for its pasture and searches for any 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? Will it 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 it to the furrow with a harness? Will it till the valleys behind you? |
| 11Will you trust him because his strength is great? Or will you leave your labor to him? | 11Will you rely on it for its great strength? Will you leave your heavy work to it? |
| 12Will you trust him to bring home your grain, And gather it to your threshing floor? | 12Can you trust it to haul in your grain and bring it to your threshing floor? |
| 13“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, But are her wings and pinions like the kindly stork’s? | 13"The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, though they cannot compare with the wings and feathers of the stork. |
| 14For she leaves her eggs on the ground, And warms them in the dust; | 14She lays 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. | 15unmindful that a foot may crush them, that some 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 they were not hers; she cares not that her labor was in vain, |
| 17Because God deprived her of wisdom, And did not endow her with understanding. | 17for God did not endow her with wisdom or give her a share of good sense. |
| 18When she lifts herself on high, She scorns the horse and its rider. | 18Yet when she spreads her feathers to run, she laughs at horse and rider. |
| 19“Have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck with thunder? | 19"Do you give the horse its strength or clothe its neck with a flowing mane? |
| 20Can you frighten him like a locust? His majestic snorting strikes terror. | 20Do you make it leap like a locust, striking terror with its proud snorting? |
| 21He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength; He gallops into the clash of arms. | 21It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength, and charges into the fray. |
| 22He mocks at fear, and is not frightened; Nor does he turn back from the sword. | 22It laughs at fear, afraid of nothing; it does not shy away from the sword. |
| 23The quiver rattles against him, The glittering spear and javelin. | 23The quiver rattles against its side, along with the flashing spear and lance. |
| 24He devours the distance with fierceness and rage; Nor does he come to a halt because the trumpet has sounded. | 24In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet 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 trumpet it snorts, 'Aha!' It catches the scent of battle from afar, the shout of commanders and the battle cry. |
| 26“Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, And spread its wings toward the south? | 26"Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom and spread its 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 build its nest on high? |
| 28On the rock it dwells and resides, On the crag of the rock and the stronghold. | 28It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night; a rocky crag is its stronghold. |
| 29From there it spies out the prey; Its eyes observe from afar. | 29From there it looks for food; its eyes detect it from afar. |
| 30Its young ones suck up blood; And where the slain are, there it is.” | 30Its young ones feast on blood, and where the slain are, there it is." |
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