The LORD Speaks of His Creation 1 CPDV Do you know at what time the wild goats have given birth among the rocks, or do you observe the deer when they go into labor? BSB BSB: “Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?
2 CPDV Have you numbered the months since their conception, and do you know at what time they gave birth? BSB BSB: Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?
3 CPDV They bend themselves for their offspring, and they give birth, and they emit roars. BSB BSB: They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn.
4 CPDV Their young are weaned and go out to feed; they depart and do not return to them. BSB BSB: Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.
5 CPDV Who has set the wild ass free, and who has released his bonds? BSB BSB: Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?
6 CPDV I have given a house in solitude to him, and his tabernacle is in the salted land. BSB BSB: I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.
7 CPDV He despises the crowded city; he does not pay attention to the bellow of the tax collector. BSB BSB: He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
8 CPDV He looks around the mountains of his pasture, and he searches everywhere for green plants. BSB BSB: He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.
9 CPDV Will the rhinoceros be willing to serve you, and will he remain in your stall? BSB BSB: Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
10 CPDV Can you detain the rhinoceros with your harness to plough for you, and will he loosen the soil of the furrows behind you? BSB BSB: Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
11 CPDV Will you put your faith in his great strength, and delegate your labors to him? BSB BSB: Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?
12 CPDV Will you trust him to return to you the seed, and to gather it on your drying floor? BSB BSB: Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
13 CPDV The wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron, and of the hawk. BSB BSB: The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.
14 CPDV When she leaves eggs behind in the earth, will you perhaps warm them in the dust? BSB BSB: For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.
15 CPDV She forgets that feet may trample them, or that the beasts of the field may shatter them. BSB BSB: She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.
16 CPDV She is hardened against her young, as if they were not hers; she has labored in vain, with no fear compelling her. BSB BSB: She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.
17 CPDV For God has deprived her of wisdom; neither has he given her understanding. BSB BSB: For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.
18 CPDV Yet, when the time is right, she raises her wings on high; she ridicules the horse and his rider. BSB BSB: Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
19 CPDV Will you supply strength to the horse, or envelope his throat with neighing? BSB BSB: Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?
20 CPDV Will you alarm him as the locusts do? His panic is revealed by the display of his nostrils. BSB BSB: Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?
21 CPDV He digs at the earth with his hoof; he jumps around boldly; he advances to meet armed men. BSB BSB: He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.
22 CPDV He despises fear; he does not turn away from the sword. BSB BSB: He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.
23 CPDV Above him, the quiver rattles, the spear and the shield shake. BSB BSB: A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance.
24 CPDV Seething and raging, he drinks up the earth; neither does he pause when the blast of the trumpet sounds. BSB BSB: Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.
25 CPDV When he hears the bugle, he says, “Ha!” He smells the battle from a distance, the exhortation of the officers, and the battle cry of the soldiers. 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 CPDV Does the hawk grow feathers by means of your wisdom, spreading her wings towards the south? BSB BSB: Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?
27 CPDV Will the eagle lift herself up at your command and make her nest in steep places? BSB BSB: Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?
28 CPDV She dwells among the rocks, and she lingers among broken boulders and inaccessible cliffs. BSB BSB: He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.
29 CPDV From there, she looks for food, and her eyes catch sight of it from far away. BSB BSB: From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.
30 CPDV Her young will drink blood, and wherever the carcass will be, she is there immediately. BSB BSB: His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”
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