New King James Version

Christian Standard Bible

1“Do you know the time when the wild mountain goats bear young? Or can you mark when the deer gives birth?

1Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the deer in labor?

2Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they bear young?

2Can you count the months they are pregnant so you can know the time they give birth?

3They bow down, They bring forth their young, They deliver their offspring.

3They crouch down to give birth to their young; they deliver their newborn.

4Their young ones are healthy, They grow strong with grain; They depart and do not return to them.

4Their offspring are healthy and grow up in the open field. They leave and do not return.

5“Who set the wild donkey free? Who loosed the bonds of the onager,

5Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from its harness?

6Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the barren land his dwelling?

6I made the desert its home, and the salty wasteland its dwelling.

7He scorns the tumult of the city; He does not heed the shouts of the driver.

7It scoffs at the noise of the village and never hears the shouts of a driver.

8The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searches after every green thing.

8It roams the mountains for its pastureland, searching for anything green.

9“Will the wild ox be willing to serve you? Will he bed by your manger?

9Would the wild ox be willing to serve you? Would it spend the night by your feeding trough?

10Can you bind the wild ox in the furrow with ropes? Or 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?

11Will you trust him because his strength is great? Or will you leave your labor to him?

11Can you depend on it because its strength is great? Would you leave it to do your hard work?

12Will you trust him to bring home 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?

13“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, But are her wings and pinions like the kindly stork’s?

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 warms them in the dust;

14She abandons her eggs on the ground and lets them be warmed in the sand.

15She forgets that a foot may crush them, Or that a wild beast may break them.

15She forgets that a foot may crush them or that some wild animal may trample them.

16She treats her young harshly, as though they were not hers; Her labor is in vain, without concern,

16She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own, with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.

17Because God deprived her of wisdom, And did not endow her with understanding.

17For God has deprived her of wisdom; he has not endowed her with understanding.

18When she lifts herself on high, She scorns the horse and its rider.

18When she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.

19“Have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck with thunder?

19Do you give strength to the horse? Do you adorn his neck with a mane?

20Can you frighten him like a locust? His majestic snorting strikes terror.

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 gallops into the clash of arms.

21He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.

22He mocks at fear, and is not frightened; Nor does he turn back from the sword.

22He laughs at fear, since he is afraid of nothing; he does not run from the sword.

23The quiver rattles against him, The glittering spear and javelin.

23A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and a javelin.

24He devours the distance with fierceness and rage; Nor does he come to a halt because the trumpet has sounded.

24He charges ahead with trembling rage; he cannot stand still at the trumpet's sound.

25At the blast of the trumpet he says, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle from afar, The thunder of captains and shouting.

25When the trumpet blasts, he snorts defiantly. He smells the battle from a distance; he hears the officers' shouts and the battle cry.

26“Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, And spread its wings toward the south?

26Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread its wings to the south?

27Does the eagle mount up at your command, And make its nest on high?

27Does the eagle soar at your command and make its nest on high?

28On the rock it dwells and resides, On the crag of the rock and the stronghold.

28It lives on a cliff where it spends the night; its stronghold is on a rocky crag.

29From there it spies out the prey; Its eyes observe from afar.

29From there it searches for prey; its eyes penetrate the distance.

30Its young ones suck up blood; And where the slain are, there it is.”

30Its brood gulps down blood, and where the slain are, it is there.

The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.

The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission.