Good News Translation GNT
World English Bible WEB
1 Do you know when mountain goats are born? Have you watched wild deer give birth?
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"Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?
2 Do you know how long they carry their young? Do you know the time for their birth?
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Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?
3 Do you know when they will crouch down and bring their young into the world?
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They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They end their labor pains.
4 In the wilds their young grow strong; they go away and don't come back.
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Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go forth, and don't return again.
5 Who gave the wild donkeys their freedom? Who turned them loose and let them roam?
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"Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,
6 I gave them the desert to be their home, and let them live on the salt plains.
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Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?
7 They keep far away from the noisy cities, and no one can tame them and make them work.
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He scorns the tumult of the city, Neither hears he the shouting of the driver.
8 The mountains are the pastures where they feed, where they search for anything green to eat.
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The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches after every green thing.
9 Will a wild ox work for you? Is he willing to spend the night in your stable?
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"Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?
10 Can you hold one with a rope and make him plow? Or make him pull a harrow in your fields?
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Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?
11 Can you rely on his great strength and expect him to do your heavy work?
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Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?
12 Do you expect him to bring in your harvest and gather the grain from your threshing place?
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Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, And gather the grain of your threshing floor?
13 How fast the wings of an ostrich beat! But no ostrich can fly like a stork.
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"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the pinions and plumage of love?
14 The ostrich leaves her eggs on the ground for the heat in the soil to warm them.
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For she leaves her eggs on the earth, Warms them in the dust,
15 She is unaware that a foot may crush them or a wild animal break them.
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And forgets that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild animal may trample them.
16 She acts as if the eggs were not hers, and is unconcerned that her efforts were wasted.
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She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,
17 It was I who made her foolish and did not give her wisdom.
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Because God has deprived her of wisdom, Neither has he imparted to her understanding.
18 But when she begins to run, she can laugh at any horse and rider.
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When she lifts up herself on high, She scorns the horse and his rider.
19 Was it you, Job, who made horses so strong and gave them their flowing manes?
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"Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?
20 Did you make them leap like locusts and frighten people with their snorting?
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Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.
21 They eagerly paw the ground in the valley; they rush into battle with all their strength.
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He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength: He goes out to meet the armed men.
22 They do not know the meaning of fear, and no sword can turn them back.
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He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither does he turn back from the sword.
23 The weapons which their riders carry rattle and flash in the sun.
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The quiver rattles against him, The flashing spear and the javelin.
24 Trembling with excitement, the horses race ahead; when the trumpet blows, they can't stand still.
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He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, Neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
25 At each blast of the trumpet they snort; they can smell a battle before they get near, and they hear the officers shouting commands.
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As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, 'Aha!' He smells the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26 Does a hawk learn from you how to fly when it spreads its wings toward the south?
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"Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, And stretches her wings toward the south?
27 Does an eagle wait for your command to build its nest high in the mountains?
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Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, And makes his nest on high?
28 It makes its home on the highest rocks and makes the sharp peaks its fortress.
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On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, On the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.
29 From there it watches near and far for something to kill and eat.
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From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.
30 Around dead bodies the eagles gather, and the young eagles drink the blood.
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His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is."
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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