1
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? [Or] canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
2
Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
3
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They cast out their pains.
4
Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; They go forth, and return not again.
5
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,
6
Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?
7
He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.
8
The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.
9
Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?
10
Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?