The LORD Speaks of His Creation 1 DBY Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? dost thou mark the calving of the hinds? BSB BSB: “Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?
2 DBY Dost thou number the months that they fulfil? and knowest thou the time when they bring forth? BSB BSB: Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?
3 DBY They bow themselves, they give birth to their young ones, they cast out their pains; BSB BSB: They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn.
4 DBY Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field, they go forth, and return not unto them. BSB BSB: Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.
5 DBY Who hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager, BSB BSB: Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?
6 DBY Whose house I made the wilderness, and the salt plain his dwellings? BSB BSB: I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.
7 DBY He laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver; BSB BSB: He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
8 DBY The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. BSB BSB: He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.
9 DBY Will the buffalo be willing to serve thee, or will he lodge by thy crib? BSB BSB: Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
10 DBY Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? BSB BSB: Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
11 DBY Wilt thou put confidence in him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave thy labour to him? BSB BSB: Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?
12 DBY Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor? BSB BSB: Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
13 DBY The wing of the ostrich beats joyously — But is it the stork's pinion and plumage? BSB BSB: The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.
14 DBY For she leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, BSB BSB: For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.
15 DBY And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample them. BSB BSB: She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.
16 DBY She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern. BSB BSB: She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.
17 DBY For God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding. BSB BSB: For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.
18 DBY What time she lasheth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider. BSB BSB: Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
19 DBY Hast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane? BSB BSB: Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?
20 DBY Dost thou make him to leap as a locust? His majestic snorting is terrible. BSB BSB: Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?
21 DBY He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength; he goeth forth to meet the armed host. BSB BSB: He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.
22 DBY He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from before the sword. BSB BSB: He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.
23 DBY The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin. BSB BSB: A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance.
24 DBY He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot contain himself at the sound of the trumpet: BSB BSB: Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.
25 DBY At the noise of the trumpets he saith, Aha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. 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 DBY Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, and stretch his wings toward the south? BSB BSB: Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?
27 DBY Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make his nest on high? BSB BSB: Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?
28 DBY He inhabiteth the rock and maketh his dwelling on the point of the cliff, and the fastness: BSB BSB: He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.
29 DBY From thence he spieth out the prey, his eyes look into the distance; BSB BSB: From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.
30 DBY And his young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is he. BSB BSB: His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”
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