English Standard Version | Berean Study Bible |
1“Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the does? | 1“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn? |
2Can you number the months that they fulfill, and do you know the time when they give birth, | 2Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth? |
3when they crouch, bring forth their offspring, and are delivered of their young? | 3They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn. |
4Their young ones become strong; they grow up in the open; they go out and do not return to them. | 4Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return. |
5“Who has let the wild donkey go free? Who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey, | 5Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness? |
6to whom I have given the arid plain for his home and the salt land for his dwelling place? | 6I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling. |
7He scorns the tumult of the city; he hears not the shouts of the driver. | 7He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver. |
8He ranges the mountains as his pasture, and he searches after every green thing. | 8He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing. |
9“Is the wild ox willing to serve you? Will he spend the night at your manger? | 9Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night? |
10Can you bind him in the furrow with ropes, or will he harrow the valleys after you? | 10Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you? |
11Will you depend on him because his strength is great, and will you leave to him your labor? | 11Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him? |
12Do you have faith in him that he will return your grain and gather it to your threshing floor? | 12Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor? |
13“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the pinions and plumage of love? | 13The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork. |
14For she leaves her eggs to the earth and lets them be warmed on the ground, | 14For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand. |
15forgetting that a foot may crush them and that the wild beast may trample them. | 15She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal 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, | 16She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain. |
17because God has made her forget wisdom and given her no share in understanding. | 17For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding. |
18When she rouses herself to flee, she laughs at the horse and his rider. | 18Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider. |
19“Do you give the horse his might? Do you clothe his neck with a mane? | 19Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane? |
20Do you make him leap like the locust? His majestic snorting is terrifying. | 20Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting? |
21He paws in the valley and exults in his strength; he goes out to meet the weapons. | 21He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle. |
22He laughs at fear and is not dismayed; he does not turn back from the sword. | 22He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword. |
23Upon him rattle the quiver, the flashing spear, and the javelin. | 23A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance. |
24With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground; he cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet. | 24Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds. |
25When the trumpet sounds, he says ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle from afar, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. | 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. |
26“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars and spreads his wings toward the south? | 26Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south? |
27Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes his nest on high? | 27Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high? |
28On the rock he dwells and makes his home, on the rocky crag and stronghold. | 28He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag. |
29From there he spies out the prey; his eyes behold it from far away. | 29From 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.” | 30His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.” |
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