The LORD Speaks of His Creation 1 UEB Do you know at what time the wild goats in the rocks bear their young? Can you watch when the deer are having their fawns? BSB BSB: “Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?
2 UEB Can you count the months that they gestate? Do you know the time when they bear their young? BSB BSB: Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?
3 UEB They crouch down and birth their young, and then they finish their labor pains. BSB BSB: They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn.
4 UEB Their young ones become strong and grow up in the open fields; they go out and do not come back again. BSB BSB: Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.
5 UEB Who let the wild donkey go free? Who has untied the bonds of the swift donkey, BSB BSB: Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?
6 UEB whose home I have made in the Arabah, his house in the salt land? BSB BSB: I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.
7 UEB He laughs in scorn at the noises in the city; he does not hear the driver's shouts. BSB BSB: He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
8 UEB He roams over the mountains as his pastures; there he looks for every green plant to eat. BSB BSB: He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.
9 UEB Will the wild ox be happy to serve you? Will he consent to stay by your manger? BSB BSB: Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
10 UEB Can you use ropes to hold the wild ox in the furrows? Will he harrow the valleys as he follows after you? BSB BSB: Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
11 UEB Will you trust him because his strength is great? Will you leave your work to him to do? BSB BSB: Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?
12 UEB Will you depend on him to bring your grain home, to gather the grain for your threshing floor? BSB BSB: Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
13 UEB The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the pinions and plumage of love? BSB BSB: The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.
14 UEB For she leaves her eggs on the earth, and she lets them keep warm in the dust; BSB BSB: For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.
15 UEB she forgets that a foot might crush them or that a wild beast might trample them. BSB BSB: She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.
16 UEB She deals roughly with her young ones as if they were not hers; she does not fear that her labor might have been in vain, BSB BSB: She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.
17 UEB because God has deprived her of wisdom and has not given her any understanding. BSB BSB: For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.
18 UEB When she runs swiftly, she laughs in scorn at the horse and its rider. BSB BSB: Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
19 UEB Have you given the horse his strength? Did you clothe his neck with his flowing mane? BSB BSB: Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?
20 UEB Have you ever made him jump like a locust? The majesty of his snorting is fearsome. BSB BSB: Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?
21 UEB He paws in might and rejoices in his strength; he rushes out to meet the weapons. BSB BSB: He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.
22 UEB He mocks fear and is not dismayed; he does not turn back from the sword. BSB BSB: He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.
23 UEB The quiver rattles against his flank, along with the flashing spear and the javelin. BSB BSB: A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance.
24 UEB He swallows up ground with fierceness and rage; at the trumpet's sound, he cannot stand in one place. BSB BSB: Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.
25 UEB Whenever the trumpet sounds, he says, 'Aha!' He smells the battle from far away— the thunderous shouts of the commanders and the outcries. 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 UEB Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, that he stretches out his wings for the south? BSB BSB: Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?
27 UEB Is it at your orders that the eagle mounts up and makes his nest in high places? BSB BSB: Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?
28 UEB He lives on cliffs and makes his home on the peaks of cliffs, a stronghold. BSB BSB: He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.
29 UEB From there he searches for victims; his eyes see them from very far away. BSB BSB: From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.
30 UEB His young also drink up blood; where killed people are, there he is." BSB BSB: His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”
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