New Living Translation

New American Standard Bible 1995

1“Do you know when the wild goats give birth? Have you watched as deer are born in the wild?

1"Do you know the time the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the deer?

2Do you know how many months they carry their young? Are you aware of the time of their delivery?

2"Can you count the months they fulfill, Or do you know the time they give birth?

3They crouch down to give birth to their young and deliver their offspring.

3"They kneel down, they bring forth their young, They get rid of their labor pains.

4Their young grow up in the open fields, then leave home and never return.

4"Their offspring become strong, they grow up in the open field; They leave and do not return to them.

5“Who gives the wild donkey its freedom? Who untied its ropes?

5"Who sent out the wild donkey free? And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,

6I have placed it in the wilderness; its home is the wasteland.

6To whom I gave the wilderness for a home And the salt land for his dwelling place?

7It hates the noise of the city and has no driver to shout at it.

7"He scorns the tumult of the city, The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.

8The mountains are its pastureland, where it searches for every blade of grass.

8"He explores the mountains for his pasture And searches after every green thing.

9“Will the wild ox consent to being tamed? Will it spend the night in your stall?

9"Will the wild ox consent to serve you, Or will he spend the night at your manger?

10Can you hitch a wild ox to a plow? Will it plow a field for you?

10"Can you bind the wild ox in a furrow with ropes, Or will he harrow the valleys after you?

11Given its strength, can you trust it? Can you leave and trust the ox to do your work?

11"Will you trust him because his strength is great And leave your labor to him?

12Can you rely on it to bring home your grain and deliver it to your threshing floor?

12"Will you have faith in him that he will return your grain And gather it from your threshing floor?

13“The ostrich flaps her wings grandly, but they are no match for the feathers of the stork.

13"The ostriches' wings flap joyously With the pinion and plumage of love,

14She lays her eggs on top of the earth, letting them be warmed in the dust.

14For she abandons her eggs to the earth And warms them in the dust,

15She doesn’t worry that a foot might crush them or a wild animal might destroy them.

15And she forgets that a foot may crush them, Or that a wild beast may trample them.

16She is harsh toward her young, as if they were not her own. She doesn’t care if they die.

16"She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers; Though her labor be in vain, she is unconcerned;

17For God has deprived her of wisdom. He has given her no understanding.

17Because God has made her forget wisdom, And has not given her a share of understanding.

18But whenever she jumps up to run, she passes the swiftest horse with its rider.

18"When she lifts herself on high, She laughs at the horse and his rider.

19“Have you given the horse its strength or clothed its neck with a flowing mane?

19"Do you give the horse his might? Do you clothe his neck with a mane?

20Did you give it the ability to leap like a locust? Its majestic snorting is terrifying!

20"Do you make him leap like the locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.

21It paws the earth and rejoices in its strength when it charges out to battle.

21"He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength; He goes out to meet the weapons.

22It laughs at fear and is unafraid. It does not run from the sword.

22"He laughs at fear and is not dismayed; And he does not turn back from the sword.

23The arrows rattle against it, and the spear and javelin flash.

23"The quiver rattles against him, The flashing spear and javelin.

24It paws the ground fiercely and rushes forward into battle when the ram’s horn blows.

24"With shaking and rage he races over the ground, And he does not stand still at the voice of the trumpet.

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.

25"As often as the trumpet sounds he says, 'Aha!' And he scents the battle from afar, And the thunder of the captains and the war cry.

26“Is it your wisdom that makes the hawk soar and spread its wings toward the south?

26"Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, Stretching his wings toward the south?

27Is it at your command that the eagle rises to the heights to make its nest?

27"Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up And makes his nest on high?

28It lives on the cliffs, making its home on a distant, rocky crag.

28"On the cliff he dwells and lodges, Upon the rocky crag, an inaccessible place.

29From there it hunts its prey, keeping watch with piercing eyes.

29"From there he spies out food; His eyes see it from afar.

30Its young gulp down blood. Where there’s a carcass, there you’ll find it.”

30"His young ones also suck up blood; And where the slain are, there is he."

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