Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
“
Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have
you watched
the doe bear
her
fawn
?
"
Do you know the
time
when the
mountain goats give birth? Do
you watch
when
the doe bears
fawns
?
Can you count
the months they are
pregnant
? Do you know the time they give birth?
Can you number
the months that
they fulfill
? Or
do you know the time when
they give birth?
They crouch
down
and
bring forth their young ;
they deliver
their newborn
.
They bow
themselves,
they
bring forth their young ,
They end
their labor
pains
.
Their young ones thrive
and
grow up in the open field ;
they leave
and do
not
return.
Their young ones become
strong.
They
grow up in the open field .
They go
forth,
and don't
return again
.
Who set the wild donkey free? Who released
the swift donkey from
the
harness?
"
Who has
set the wild donkey free? Or
who has
loosened
the bonds
of
the
swift donkey ,
I made the wilderness his
home
and the salt flats
his dwelling .
Whose
home
I have
made the wilderness ,
And the salt land
his dwelling -place?
He scorns the tumult of the city and
never
hears the shouts
of a
driver.
He scorns the tumult of the city ,
Neither
hears he
the shouting
of the
driver.
He
roams
the mountains for
pasture, searching
for
any
green thing.
The range
of
the
mountains is
his
pasture, He
searches
after
every
green thing.
Will the wild ox consent
to serve you? Will he stay by your manger
at
night
?
"
Will the wild ox be
content
to serve you? Or
will he stay by your feeding
trough
?
Can you hold him
to
the furrow with a
harness? Will he plow
the valleys behind
you?
Can you hold the wild
ox
in
the
furrow with his
harness? Or
will he till
the valleys after
you?
Can
you rely
on
his great
strength? Will you leave your
hard
work
to him?
Will
you trust
him,
because
his strength is
great
? Or
will you leave to him your
labor
?
Can
you trust
him to
bring in
your grain
and gather it
to
your threshing floor?
Will
you confide
in
him ,
that
he
will
bring home
your seed,
And gather the
grain
of
your threshing floor?
The wings of the ostrich flap
joyfully,
but cannot
match
the pinions
and
feathers of the
stork.
"
The wings of the ostrich wave
proudly;
But are
they
the feathers and
plumage
of love?
For she leaves her eggs on the ground
and
lets
them warm
in the sand.
For she leaves her eggs on the earth,
Warms
them in the dust,
She
forgets that a
foot may crush them, or a
wild animal may trample them.
And
forgets that the
foot may crush them, Or that
the
wild animal may trample them.
She treats
her young harshly
, as if not her
own,
with
no
concern
that
her labor was
in vain .
She deals
harshly
with
her young ones
, as if they
were
not hers.
Though
her labor is
in vain ,
she
is
without
fear,
For
God has deprived her of wisdom ;
He
has not
endowed
her with
understanding.
Because
God has deprived her of wisdom ,
Neither
has he
imparted
to
her understanding.
Yet
when she proudly
spreads
her
wings
, she laughs
at
the horse and its
rider.
When she lifts
up
herself
on
high
, She scorns
the horse and his
rider.
Do
you give
strength
to
the horse or
adorn
his neck with a mane?
"Have
you given
the horse might?
Have
you
clothed
his neck with a quivering
mane?
Do
you make
him leap like
a locust ,
striking
terror
with
his proud
snorting ?
Have
you made
him to
leap as
a locust ?
The
glory
of
his snorting is
awesome.
He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength ;
he charges
into
battle
.
He paws in the valley ,
and rejoices in his strength :
He goes
out
to
meet
the
armed
men
.
He laughs
at fear, frightened
of
nothing
; he
does not
turn back from the sword.
He mocks
at fear, and
is
not
dismayed
; Neither
does he
turn back from the sword.
A
quiver rattles at
his
side
, along
with
a
flashing spear and lance
.
The
quiver rattles against
him
, The
flashing spear and the
javelin
.
Trembling
with
excitement,
he devours
the distance;
he cannot
stand still when
the ram’s
horn
sounds
.
He eats
up
the ground
with
fierceness
and
rage,
Neither
does
he stand still at
the sound
of
the
trumpet
.
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
.
As
often
as
the trumpet
sounds
he snorts ,
'Aha!'
He smells
the battle afar off,
The thunder
of the
captains ,
and the shouting
.
Does
the
hawk
take
flight
by your understanding
and spread
his
wings toward the south?
"Is
it
by your wisdom
that
the
hawk
soars,
And stretches
her
wings toward the south?
Does
the
eagle
soar
at your command and make
his nest on high?
Is
it
at your command that
the
eagle
mounts
up,
And makes
his nest on high?
He dwells on a
cliff and lodges
there;
his
stronghold is
on
a
rocky
crag
.
On
the
cliff
he dwells ,
and
makes
his
home,
On the
point
of
the
cliff ,
and the
stronghold.
From there he spies out food;
his eyes see it from
afar.
From there he spies out the
prey.
His eyes see it afar off
.
His young ones feast
on
blood ;
and
where the slain are, there he is. ”
His young ones also
suck
up
blood .
Where the slain are, there he is. "
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