English Standard Version

New American Standard Bible 1995

1“Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the does?

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, and do you know the time when they give birth,

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

3when they crouch, bring forth their offspring, and are delivered of their young?

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

4Their young ones become strong; they grow up in the open; they go out 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 has let the wild donkey go free? Who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,

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

6to whom I have given the arid plain for his home and the salt land for his dwelling place?

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 hears not the shouts of the driver.

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

8He ranges the mountains as his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.

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

9“Is the wild ox willing to serve you? Will he spend the night at your manger?

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

10Can you bind him in the furrow with ropes, or will he harrow the valleys after you?

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

11Will you depend on him because his strength is great, and will you leave to him your labor?

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

12Do you have faith in him that he will return 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 they the pinions and plumage of love?

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

14For she leaves her eggs to the earth and lets them be warmed on the ground,

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

15forgetting that a foot may crush them and that the wild beast may trample them.

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

16She deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers; though her labor be in vain, yet she has no fear,

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

17because God has made her forget wisdom and given her no share in understanding.

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

18When she rouses herself to flee, she laughs at the horse and his rider.

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

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

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

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

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

21He paws in the valley and exults in his strength; he goes out to meet the weapons.

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

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

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

23Upon him rattle the quiver, the flashing spear, and the javelin.

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

24With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground; he cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.

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

25When the trumpet sounds, he says ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle from afar, the thunder of the captains, and the 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“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars and spreads his wings toward the south?

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

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

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

28On the rock he dwells and makes his home, on the rocky crag and stronghold.

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

29From there he spies out the prey; his eyes behold it from far away.

29"From there he spies out food; His eyes see it from afar.

30His young ones suck up blood, and where the slain are, there is he.”

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

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