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. |
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