| English Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1“Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the does? | 1Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the deer in labor? |
| 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 so you can know the time they give birth? |
| 3when they crouch, bring forth their offspring, and are delivered of their young? | 3They crouch down to give birth to 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 offspring are healthy 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 its harness? |
| 6to whom I have given the arid plain for his home and the salt land for his dwelling place? | 6I made the wilderness its home, and the salty wasteland its dwelling. |
| 7He scorns the tumult of the city; he hears not the shouts of the driver. | 7It scoffs at the noise of the village and never hears the shouts of a driver. |
| 8He ranges the mountains as his pasture, and he searches after every green thing. | 8It roams the mountains for its pastureland, searching for anything green. |
| 9“Is the wild ox willing to serve you? Will he spend the night at your manger? | 9Would the wild ox be willing to serve you? Would it spend the night by your feeding trough? |
| 10Can you bind him in the furrow with ropes, or will he harrow the valleys after you? | 10Can you hold the wild ox to a furrow by its harness? Will it 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 depend on it because its strength is great? Would you leave it to do your hard work? |
| 12Do you have faith in him that he will return 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 they the pinions and plumage of love? | 13The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but are her feathers and plumage like the stork's? |
| 14For she leaves her eggs to the earth and lets them be warmed on the ground, | 14She abandons her eggs on the ground and lets them be warmed 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 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 her own, with no fear that her labor may have been 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. | 18When 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? Do you 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? His proud snorting fills one with terror. |
| 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, since he is afraid of nothing; he does not run 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 a lance. |
| 24With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground; he cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet. | 24He charges ahead with trembling rage; he cannot stand still at the trumpet's sound. |
| 25When the trumpet sounds, he says ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle from afar, the thunder of the captains, and the 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“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 its wings to 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 its nest on high? |
| 28On the rock he dwells and makes his home, on the rocky crag and stronghold. | 28It lives on a cliff where it spends the night; its stronghold is on a rocky crag. |
| 29From there he spies out the prey; his eyes behold it from far away. | 29From there it searches for prey; its eyes penetrate the distance. |
| 30His young ones suck up blood, and where the slain are, there is he.” | 30Its brood gulps down blood, and where the slain are, it is there. |
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