The LORD Speaks of His Creation 1 Brenton Say if thou knowest the time of the bringing forth of the wild goats of the rock, and if thou hast marked the calving of the hinds:BSB BSB: “Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?
2 Brenton and if thou hast numbered the full months of their being with young, and if thou hast relieved their pangs: BSB BSB: Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?
3 Brenton and hast reared their young without fear; and wilt thou loosen their pangs? BSB BSB: They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn.
4 Brenton Their young will break forth; they will be multiplied with offspring: their young will go forth, and will not return to them. BSB BSB: Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.
5 Brenton And who is he that sent forth the wild ass free? and who loosed his bands? BSB BSB: Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?
6 Brenton whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, and the salt land his coverts. BSB BSB: I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.
7 Brenton He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, and hears not the chiding of the tax-gatherer. BSB BSB: He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
8 Brenton He will survey the mountains as his pasture, and he seeks after every green thing. BSB BSB: He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.
9 Brenton And will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or to lie down at thy manger? BSB BSB: Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
10 Brenton And wilt thou bind his yoke with thongs, or will he plough furrows for thee in the plain? BSB BSB: Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
11 Brenton And dost thou trust him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou commit thy works to him? BSB BSB: Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?
12 Brenton And wilt thou believe that he will return to thee thy seed, and bring it in to thy threshing-floor? BSB BSB: Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
13 Brenton The peacock has a beautiful wing: if the stork and the ostrich conceive, it is worthy of notice , BSB BSB: The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.
14 Brenton for the ostrich will leave her eggs in the ground, and warm them on the dust, BSB BSB: For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.
15 Brenton and has forgotten that the foot will scatter them, and the wild beasts of the field trample them. BSB BSB: She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.
16 Brenton She has hardened herself against her young ones, as though she bereaved not herself: she labours in vain without fear. BSB BSB: She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.
17 Brenton For God has withholden wisdom from her, and not given her a portion in understanding. BSB BSB: For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.
18 Brenton In her season she will lift herself on high; she will scorn the horse and his rider. BSB BSB: Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
19 Brenton Hast thou invested the horse with strength, and clothed his neck with terror? BSB BSB: Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?
20 Brenton And hast thou clad him in perfect armour, and made his breast glorious with courage? BSB BSB: Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?
21 Brenton He paws exulting in the plain, and goes forth in strength into the plain. BSB BSB: He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.
22 Brenton He laughs to scorn a king as he meets him, and will by no means turn back from the sword. BSB BSB: He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.
23 Brenton The bow and sword resound against him; and his rage will swallow up the ground: BSB BSB: A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance.
24 Brenton and he will not believe until the trumpet sounds. BSB BSB: Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.
25 Brenton And when the trumpet sounds, he says, Aha! and afar off he smells the war with prancing and neighing. BSB BSB: At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar, the shouts of captains and the cry of war.
26 Brenton And does the hawk remain steady by thy wisdom, having spread out her wings unmoved, looking toward the region of the south? BSB BSB: Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?
27 Brenton And does the eagle rise at thy command, and the vulture remain sitting over his nest, BSB BSB: Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?
28 Brenton on a crag of a rock, and in a secret place ? BSB BSB: He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.
29 Brenton Thence he seeks food, his eyes observe from far. BSB BSB: From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.
30 Brenton And his young ones roll themselves in blood, and wherever the carcases may be, immediately they are found. BSB BSB: His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”
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