The LORD Speaks of His Creation 1 ULT Do you know the time of the bearing of the goats of the rock? Will you watch the fawning of the does? BSB BSB: “Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?
2 ULT Will you number the months they will fulfill? Or will you know the time of their bearing? BSB BSB: Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?
3 ULT They crouch down, they deliver their offspring; they cast forth their labor pains. BSB BSB: They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn.
4 ULT Their sons become strong, they grow up in the field; they go out, and they 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 ULT Who set the wild donkey free? And who untied the ropes of the donkey, BSB BSB: Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?
6 ULT whose house I have made the Arabah, and his habitations the salt land? BSB BSB: I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.
7 ULT It laughs at the commotion of the city; the shouts of the driver it does not hear. BSB BSB: He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
8 ULT It ranges the mountains{ as} its pasture, and it seeks after every green thing. BSB BSB: He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.
9 ULT Will the wild ox consent to serve you? If it will lodge by your manger? BSB BSB: Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
10 ULT Will you bind a wild ox in a furrow{ with} its rope? If it will harrow the valleys after you? BSB BSB: Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
11 ULT Will you trust in it because its strength is great? Will you leave your labor to it? BSB BSB: Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?
12 ULT Will you depend on it, that it will bring in your seed and gather{ it}{ to} your threshing floor? BSB BSB: Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
13 ULT The wing of ostriches flaps vigorously. If{ it is} a kind feather and plumage? BSB BSB: The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.
14 ULT For it leaves its eggs on the earth, and it warms them in the dust, BSB BSB: For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.
15 ULT and it forgets that a foot might crush it and a beast of the field might trample it. BSB BSB: She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.
16 ULT It treats its sons harshly, as if not to it; vain{ is} its labor, without fear, BSB BSB: She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.
17 ULT because God has caused it to forget wisdom, and he has not given understanding to it. BSB BSB: For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.
18 ULT As for the time it lifts itself on high, it laughs at the horse and at its rider. BSB BSB: Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
19 ULT Have you given strength to the horse? Have you clothed its neck{ with} a mane? BSB BSB: Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?
20 ULT Have you made it jump like a locust? The majesty of its snorting is terrifying! BSB BSB: Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?
21 ULT They paw in the valley, and it rejoices in strength; it goes out to meet the weaponry. BSB BSB: He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.
22 ULT It laughs at fear and it is not frightened, and it does not turn back from the face of the sword. BSB BSB: He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.
23 ULT The quiver rattles upon him, the flashing of the spear and the javelin. BSB BSB: A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance.
24 ULT With shaking and rage it swallows the ground, and it does not stand still when{ there is} the sound of the horn. BSB BSB: Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.
25 ULT In the abundance of the horn, it says,‘Aha!’ And it smells the battle from far away, the thunder of the princes and the battle- cry. 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 ULT By your wisdom does the hawk soar, does it stretch its wings toward the south? BSB BSB: Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?
27 ULT If at your mouth the eagle mounts up and that its nest is high? BSB BSB: Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?
28 ULT It dwells and lodges{ on} a crag, on the peak of a crag and a stronghold. BSB BSB: He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.
29 ULT From there it seeks food; its eyes look to from afar. BSB BSB: From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.
30 ULT And its eaglets suck up blood, and at where the slain{ are}, there it is.” BSB BSB: His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”
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