| NET Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1"Are you acquainted with the way the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young? | 1“Do you know when the wild goats give birth? Have you watched as deer are born in the wild? |
| 2Do you count the months they must fulfill, and 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, they bear their young, they bring forth the offspring they have carried. | 3They crouch down to give birth to their young and deliver their offspring. |
| 4Their young grow strong, and grow up in the open; they go off, and do not return to them. | 4Their young grow up in the open fields, then leave home and never return. |
| 5Who let the wild donkey go free? Who released the bonds of the donkey, | 5“Who gives the wild donkey its freedom? Who untied its ropes? |
| 6to whom I appointed the steppe for its home, the salt wastes as its dwelling place? | 6I have placed it in the wilderness; its home is the wasteland. |
| 7It scorns the tumult in the town; it does not hear the shouts of a driver. | 7It hates the noise of the city and has no driver to shout at it. |
| 8It ranges the hills as its pasture, and searches after every green plant. | 8The mountains are its pastureland, where it searches for every blade of grass. |
| 9Is the wild ox willing to be your servant? Will it spend the night at your feeding trough? | 9“Will the wild ox consent to being tamed? Will it spend the night in your stall? |
| 10Can you bind the wild ox to a furrow with its rope, will it till the valleys, following after you? | 10Can you hitch a wild ox to a plow? Will it plow a field for you? |
| 11Will you rely on it because its strength is great? Will you commit your labor to it? | 11Given its strength, can you trust it? Can you leave and trust the ox to do your work? |
| 12Can you count on it to bring in your grain, and gather the grain to your threshing floor? | 12Can you rely on it to bring home your grain and deliver it to your threshing floor? |
| 13"The wings of the ostrich flap with joy, but are they the pinions and plumage of a 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 be warmed on the soil. | 14She lays her eggs on top of the earth, letting them be warmed in the dust. |
| 15She forgets that a foot might crush them, or that a wild animal might trample them. | 15She doesn’t worry that a foot might crush them or a wild animal might destroy them. |
| 16She is harsh with her young, as if they were not hers; she is unconcerned about the uselessness of her labor. | 16She is harsh toward her young, as if they were not her own. She doesn’t care if they die. |
| 17For God deprived her of wisdom, and did not impart understanding to her. | 17For God has deprived her of wisdom. He has given her no understanding. |
| 18But as soon as she springs up, she laughs at the horse and its rider. | 18But whenever she jumps up to run, she passes the swiftest horse with its rider. |
| 19"Do you give the horse its strength? Do you clothe its neck with a mane? | 19“Have you given the horse its strength or clothed its neck with a flowing mane? |
| 20Do you make it leap like a locust? Its proud neighing is terrifying! | 20Did you give it the ability to leap like a locust? Its majestic snorting is terrifying! |
| 21It paws the ground in the valley, exulting mightily, it goes out to meet the weapons. | 21It paws the earth and rejoices in its strength when it charges out to battle. |
| 22It laughs at fear and is not dismayed; it does not shy away from the sword. | 22It laughs at fear and is unafraid. It does not run from the sword. |
| 23On it the quiver rattles; the lance and javelin flash. | 23The arrows rattle against it, and the spear and javelin flash. |
| 24In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet is blown. | 24It paws the ground fiercely and rushes forward into battle when the ram’s horn blows. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 26"Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, and spreads its wings toward the south? | 26“Is it your wisdom that makes the hawk soar and spread its wings toward the south? |
| 27Is it at your command that the eagle soars, and builds its nest on high? | 27Is it at your command that the eagle rises to the heights to make its nest? |
| 28It lives on a rock and spends the night there, on a rocky crag and a fortress. | 28It lives on the cliffs, making its home on a distant, rocky crag. |
| 29From there it spots its prey, its eyes gaze intently from a distance. | 29From there it hunts its prey, keeping watch with piercing eyes. |
| 30And its young ones devour the blood, and where the dead carcasses are, there it is." | 30Its young gulp down blood. Where there’s a carcass, there you’ll find it.” |
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