1 K nowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? dost thou mark the calving of the hinds?

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

2 D ost thou number the months that they fulfil? and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

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

3 T hey bow themselves, they give birth to their young ones, they cast out their pains;

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

4 T heir young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field, they go forth, and return not unto them.

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

5 W ho hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager,

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

6 W hose house I made the wilderness, and the salt plain his dwellings?

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

7 H e laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver;

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

8 T he range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

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

9 W ill the buffalo be willing to serve thee, or will he lodge by thy crib?

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

10 C anst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

Can you bind the wild ox in the furrow with ropes? Or will he plow the valleys behind you?

11 W ilt thou put confidence in him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

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

12 W ilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?

Will you trust him to bring home your grain, And gather it to your threshing floor?

13 T he wing of the ostrich beats joyously—But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?

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

14 F or she leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,

For she leaves her eggs on the ground, And warms them in the dust;

15 A nd forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample them.

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

16 S he is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern.

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

17 F or +God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.

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

18 W hat time she lasheth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

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

19 H ast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?

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

20 D ost thou make him to leap as a locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.

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

21 H e paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in strength; he goeth forth to meet the armed host.

He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength; He gallops into the clash of arms.

22 H e laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from before the sword.

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

23 T he quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.

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

24 H e swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot contain himself at the sound of the trumpet:

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

25 A t the noise of the trumpets he saith, Aha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

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

26 D oth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, stretch his wings toward the south?

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

27 D oth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make his nest on high?

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

28 H e inhabiteth the rock and maketh his dwelling on the point of the cliff, and the fastness:

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

29 F rom thence he spieth out the prey, his eyes look into the distance;

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

30 A nd his young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is he.

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