| Berean Study Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn? | 1Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the deer in labor? |
| 2Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth? | 2Can you count the months they are pregnant so you can know the time they give birth? |
| 3They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn. | 3They crouch down to give birth to their young; they deliver their newborn. |
| 4Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return. | 4Their offspring are healthy and grow up in the open field. They leave and do not return. |
| 5Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness? | 5Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from its harness? |
| 6I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling. | 6I made the wilderness its home, and the salty wasteland its dwelling. |
| 7He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver. | 7It scoffs at the noise of the village and never hears the shouts of a driver. |
| 8He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing. | 8It roams the mountains for its pastureland, searching for anything green. |
| 9Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night? | 9Would the wild ox be willing to serve you? Would it spend the night by your feeding trough? |
| 10Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you? | 10Can you hold the wild ox to a furrow by its harness? Will it plow the valleys behind you? |
| 11Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him? | 11Can you depend on it because its strength is great? Would you leave it to do your hard work? |
| 12Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor? | 12Can you trust the wild ox to harvest your grain and bring it to your threshing floor? |
| 13The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork. | 13The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but are her feathers and plumage like the stork's? |
| 14For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand. | 14She abandons her eggs on the ground and lets them be warmed in the sand. |
| 15She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them. | 15She forgets that a foot may crush them or that some wild animal may trample them. |
| 16She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain. | 16She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own, with no fear that her labor may have been in vain. |
| 17For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding. | 17For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding. |
| 18Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider. | 18When she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider. |
| 19Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane? | 19Do you give strength to the horse? Do you adorn his neck with a mane? |
| 20Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting? | 20Do you make him leap like a locust? His proud snorting fills one with terror. |
| 21He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle. | 21He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; He charges into battle. |
| 22He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword. | 22He laughs at fear, since he is afraid of nothing; he does not run from the sword. |
| 23A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance. | 23A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and a lance. |
| 24Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds. | 24He charges ahead with trembling rage; he cannot stand still at the trumpet's sound. |
| 25At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar—the shouts of captains and the cry of war. | 25When the trumpet blasts, he snorts defiantly. He smells the battle from a distance; he hears the officers' shouts and the battle cry. |
| 26Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south? | 26Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread its wings to the south? |
| 27Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high? | 27Does the eagle soar at your command and make its nest on high? |
| 28He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag. | 28It lives on a cliff where it spends the night; its stronghold is on a rocky crag. |
| 29From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar. | 29From there it searches for prey; its eyes penetrate the distance. |
| 30His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.” | 30Its brood gulps down blood, and where the slain are, it is there. |
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