| Berean Study Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn? | 1“Do you know when the wild goats give birth? Have you watched as deer are born in the wild? |
| 2Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth? | 2Do you know how many months they carry their young? Are you aware of the time of their delivery? |
| 3They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn. | 3They crouch down to give birth to their young and deliver their offspring. |
| 4Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return. | 4Their young grow up in the open fields, then leave home and never return. |
| 5Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness? | 5“Who gives the wild donkey its freedom? Who untied its ropes? |
| 6I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling. | 6I have placed it in the wilderness; its home is the wasteland. |
| 7He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver. | 7It hates the noise of the city and has no driver to shout at it. |
| 8He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing. | 8The mountains are its pastureland, where it searches for every blade of grass. |
| 9Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night? | 9“Will the wild ox consent to being tamed? Will it spend the night in your stall? |
| 10Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you? | 10Can you hitch a wild ox to a plow? Will it plow a field for you? |
| 11Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him? | 11Given its strength, can you trust it? Can you leave and trust the ox to do your work? |
| 12Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor? | 12Can you rely on it to bring home your grain and deliver it to your threshing floor? |
| 13The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork. | 13“The ostrich flaps her wings grandly, but they are no match for the feathers of the stork. |
| 14For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand. | 14She lays her eggs on top of the earth, letting them be warmed in the dust. |
| 15She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them. | 15She doesn’t worry that a foot might crush them or a wild animal might destroy them. |
| 16She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain. | 16She is harsh toward her young, as if they were not her own. She doesn’t care if they die. |
| 17For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding. | 17For God has deprived her of wisdom. He has given her no understanding. |
| 18Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider. | 18But whenever she jumps up to run, she passes the swiftest horse with its rider. |
| 19Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane? | 19“Have you given the horse its strength or clothed its neck with a flowing mane? |
| 20Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting? | 20Did you give it the ability to leap like a locust? Its majestic snorting is terrifying! |
| 21He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle. | 21It paws the earth and rejoices in its strength when it charges out to battle. |
| 22He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword. | 22It laughs at fear and is unafraid. It does not run from the sword. |
| 23A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance. | 23The arrows rattle against it, and the spear and javelin flash. |
| 24Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds. | 24It paws the ground fiercely and rushes forward into battle when the ram’s horn blows. |
| 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. | 25It snorts at the sound of the horn. It senses the battle in the distance. It quivers at the captain’s commands and the noise of battle. |
| 26Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south? | 26“Is it your wisdom that makes the hawk soar and spread its wings toward the south? |
| 27Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high? | 27Is it at your command that the eagle rises to the heights to make its nest? |
| 28He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag. | 28It lives on the cliffs, making its home on a distant, rocky crag. |
| 29From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar. | 29From there it hunts its prey, keeping watch with piercing eyes. |
| 30His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.” | 30Its young gulp down blood. Where there’s a carcass, there you’ll find it.” |
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