The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
King James Version KJV
1 "Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you seen deer in labor?
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Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
2 Can you tell how many months they carry their young? Do you know when they give birth,
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Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
3 when they crouch down and bring forth their young, when they deliver their fawns?
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They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
4 Their young become strong, growing up in the open; they leave and never return.
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Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
5 "Who lets the wild donkey roam freely? Who sets the wild donkey loose from its shackles?
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Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
6 I made the 'Aravah its home, the salty desert its place to live.
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Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
7 It scorns the noise of the city and hears no driver's shouts.
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He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
8 It ranges over the hills for its pasture, searching for anything green.
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The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
9 "Would a wild ox be willing to serve you? Would it stay by your stall?
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Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
10 Could you tie a rope around its neck and make it plow furrows for you?
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Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
11 Would you trust its great strength enough to let it do your heavy work,
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Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
12 or rely on it to bring home your seed and gather the grain from your threshing-floor?
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Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
13 "An ostrich's wings beat wildly, although its pinions lack plumage.
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Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
14 It leaves its eggs on the ground and lets them be warmed by the sand,
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Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
15 forgetting that a foot may crush them or a wild animal trample on them.
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And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
16 It treats its chicks heartlessly, as if they were not its own; even if her labor is in vain, it really doesn't care;
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She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
17 because God has deprived it of wisdom and given it no share in understanding.
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Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
18 When the time comes, it flaps its wings, scorning both horse and rider.
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What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
19 "Did you give the horse its strength? Did you clothe its neck with a mane?
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Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
20 Did you make him able to leap like a locust? Its majestic snorting is frightening!
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Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
21 It paws with force and exults with vigor, then charges into the battle;
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He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
22 mocking at fear, unafraid, it does not shy away from the sword.
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He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
23 The [rider's] quiver rattles over it, [his] gleaming spear and javelin.
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The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
24 Frenzied and eager, it devours the ground, scarcely believing the shofar has sounded.
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He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
25 At the sound of the shofar it whinnies; as from afar it scents the battle, the roar of the chiefs and the shouting.
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He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26 "Is it your wisdom that sets the hawk soaring, spreading its wings toward the south?
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Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
27 Does the eagle fly up when you say so, to build its nest in the heights?
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Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
28 It lives and spends its nights on the cliffs; a rocky crag is its fortress.
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She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
29 From there it spots its prey, its eyes see it far off.
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From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
30 Its young ones suck up blood; wherever the slain are, there it is."
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Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
The King James Version is in the public domain.