| New King James Version | NET Bible |
| 1“Do you know the time when the wild mountain goats bear young? Or can you mark when the deer gives birth? | 1"Are you acquainted with the way the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young? |
| 2Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they bear young? | 2Do you count the months they must fulfill, and do you know the time they give birth? |
| 3They bow down, They bring forth their young, They deliver their offspring. | 3They crouch, they bear their young, they bring forth the offspring they have carried. |
| 4Their young ones are healthy, They grow strong with grain; They depart and do not return to them. | 4Their young grow strong, and grow up in the open; they go off, and do not return to them. |
| 5“Who set the wild donkey free? Who loosed the bonds of the onager, | 5Who let the wild donkey go free? Who released the bonds of the donkey, |
| 6Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the barren land his dwelling? | 6to whom I appointed the steppe for its home, the salt wastes as its dwelling place? |
| 7He scorns the tumult of the city; He does not heed the shouts of the driver. | 7It scorns the tumult in the town; it does not hear the shouts of a driver. |
| 8The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searches after every green thing. | 8It ranges the hills as its pasture, and searches after every green plant. |
| 9“Will the wild ox be willing to serve you? Will he bed by your manger? | 9Is the wild ox willing to be your servant? Will it spend the night at your feeding trough? |
| 10Can you bind the wild ox in the furrow with ropes? Or will he plow the valleys behind you? | 10Can you bind the wild ox to a furrow with its rope, will it till the valleys, following after you? |
| 11Will you trust him because his strength is great? Or will you leave your labor to him? | 11Will you rely on it because its strength is great? Will you commit your labor to it? |
| 12Will you trust him to bring home your grain, And gather it to your threshing floor? | 12Can you count on it to bring in your grain, and gather the grain 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 with joy, but are they the pinions and plumage of a 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 be warmed on the soil. |
| 15She forgets that a foot may crush them, Or that a wild beast may break them. | 15She forgets that a foot might crush them, or that a wild animal might trample them. |
| 16She treats her young harshly, as though they were not hers; Her labor is in vain, without concern, | 16She is harsh with her young, as if they were not hers; she is unconcerned about the uselessness of her labor. |
| 17Because God deprived her of wisdom, And did not endow her with understanding. | 17For God deprived her of wisdom, and did not impart understanding to her. |
| 18When she lifts herself on high, She scorns the horse and its rider. | 18But as soon as she springs up, she laughs at the horse and its rider. |
| 19“Have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck with thunder? | 19"Do you give the horse its strength? Do you clothe its neck with a mane? |
| 20Can you frighten him like a locust? His majestic snorting strikes terror. | 20Do you make it leap like a locust? Its proud neighing is terrifying! |
| 21He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength; He gallops into the clash of arms. | 21It paws the ground in the valley, exulting mightily, it goes out to meet the weapons. |
| 22He mocks at fear, and is not frightened; Nor does he turn back from the sword. | 22It laughs at fear and is not dismayed; it does not shy away from the sword. |
| 23The quiver rattles against him, The glittering spear and javelin. | 23On it the quiver rattles; the lance and javelin flash. |
| 24He devours the distance with fierceness and rage; Nor does he come to a halt because the trumpet has sounded. | 24In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet is blown. |
| 25At the blast of the trumpet he says, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle from afar, The thunder of captains and shouting. | 25At the sound of the trumpet, it says, 'Aha!' And from a distance it catches the scent of battle, the thunderous shouting of commanders, and the battle cries. |
| 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, and spreads its wings toward the south? |
| 27Does the eagle mount up at your command, And make its nest on high? | 27Is it at your command that the eagle soars, and builds its nest on high? |
| 28On the rock it dwells and resides, On the crag of the rock and the stronghold. | 28It lives on a rock and spends the night there, on a rocky crag and a fortress. |
| 29From there it spies out the prey; Its eyes observe from afar. | 29From there it spots its prey, its eyes gaze intently from a distance. |
| 30Its young ones suck up blood; And where the slain are, there it is.” | 30And its young ones devour the blood, and where the dead carcasses are, there it is." |
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