| English Standard Version | New International Version |
| 1“Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the does? | 1"Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn? |
| 2Can you number the months that they fulfill, and do you know the time when they give birth, | 2Do you count the months till they bear? 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; their labor pains are ended. |
| 4Their young ones become strong; they grow up in the open; they go out and do not return to them. | 4Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds; they leave and do not return. |
| 5“Who has let the wild donkey go free? Who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey, | 5"Who let the wild donkey go free? Who untied its ropes? |
| 6to whom I have given the arid plain for his home and the salt land for his dwelling place? | 6I gave it the wasteland as its home, the salt flats as its habitat. |
| 7He scorns the tumult of the city; he hears not the shouts of the driver. | 7It laughs at the commotion in the town; it does not hear a driver's shout. |
| 8He ranges the mountains as his pasture, and he searches after every green thing. | 8It ranges the hills for its pasture and searches for any 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? Will it 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 it to the furrow with a harness? Will it till the valleys behind you? |
| 11Will you depend on him because his strength is great, and will you leave to him your labor? | 11Will you rely on it for its great strength? Will you leave your heavy work to it? |
| 12Do you have faith in him that he will return your grain and gather it to your threshing floor? | 12Can you trust it to haul in your grain and bring it to your threshing floor? |
| 13“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the pinions and plumage of love? | 13"The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, though they cannot compare with the wings and feathers of the stork. |
| 14For she leaves her eggs to the earth and lets them be warmed on the ground, | 14She lays 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. | 15unmindful that a foot may crush them, that some 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 they were not hers; she cares not that her labor was in vain, |
| 17because God has made her forget wisdom and given her no share in understanding. | 17for God did not endow her with wisdom or give her a share of good sense. |
| 18When she rouses herself to flee, she laughs at the horse and his rider. | 18Yet when she spreads her feathers to run, she laughs at horse and rider. |
| 19“Do you give the horse his might? Do you clothe his neck with a mane? | 19"Do you give the horse its strength or clothe its neck with a flowing mane? |
| 20Do you make him leap like the locust? His majestic snorting is terrifying. | 20Do you make it leap like a locust, striking terror with its proud snorting? |
| 21He paws in the valley and exults in his strength; he goes out to meet the weapons. | 21It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength, and charges into the fray. |
| 22He laughs at fear and is not dismayed; he does not turn back from the sword. | 22It laughs at fear, afraid of nothing; it does not shy away from the sword. |
| 23Upon him rattle the quiver, the flashing spear, and the javelin. | 23The quiver rattles against its side, along with the flashing spear and lance. |
| 24With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground; he cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet. | 24In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet 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 trumpet it snorts, 'Aha!' It catches the scent of battle from afar, the shout of commanders and the battle cry. |
| 26“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars and spreads his wings toward the south? | 26"Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom and spread its 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 build its nest on high? |
| 28On the rock he dwells and makes his home, on the rocky crag and stronghold. | 28It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night; a rocky crag is its stronghold. |
| 29From there he spies out the prey; his eyes behold it from far away. | 29From there it looks for food; its eyes detect it from afar. |
| 30His young ones suck up blood, and where the slain are, there is he.” | 30Its young ones feast on blood, and where the slain are, there it is." |
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