King James Version KJV
New Revised Standard NRS
1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
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"Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the deer?
2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
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Can you number the months that they fulfill, and do you know the time when they give birth,
3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
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when they crouch to give birth to their offspring, and are delivered of their young?
4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
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Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open; they go forth, and do not return to them.
5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
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"Who has let the wild ass go free? Who has loosed the bonds of the swift ass,
6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
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to which I have given the steppe for its home, the salt land for its dwelling place?
7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
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It scorns the tumult of the city; it does not hear the shouts of the driver.
8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
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It ranges the mountains as its pasture, and it searches after every green thing.
9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
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"Is the wild ox willing to serve you? Will it spend the night at your crib?
10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
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Can you tie it in the furrow with ropes, or will it harrow the valleys after you?
11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
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Will you depend on it because its strength is great, and will you hand over your labor to it?
12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
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Do you have faith in it that it will return, and bring your grain to your threshing floor?
13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
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"The ostrich's wings flap wildly, though its pinions lack plumage.
14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
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For it leaves its eggs to the earth, and lets them be warmed on the ground,
15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
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forgetting that a foot may crush them, and that a wild animal may trample them.
16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
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It deals cruelly with its young, as if they were not its own; though its labor should be in vain, yet it has no fear;
17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
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because God has made it forget wisdom, and given it no share in understanding.
18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
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When it spreads its plumes aloft, it laughs at the horse and its rider.
19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
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"Do you give the horse its might? Do you clothe its neck with mane?
20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
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Do you make it leap like the locust? Its majestic snorting is terrible.
21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
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It paws violently, exults mightily; it goes out to meet the weapons.
22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
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It laughs at fear, and is not dismayed; it does not turn back from the sword.
23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
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Upon it rattle the quiver, the flashing spear, and the javelin.
24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
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With fierceness and rage it swallows the ground; it cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
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When the trumpet sounds, it says "Aha!' From a distance it smells the battle, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
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"Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and spreads its wings toward the south?
27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
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Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes its nest on high?
28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
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It lives on the rock and makes its home in the fastness of the rocky crag.
29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
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From there it spies the prey; its eyes see it from far away.
30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
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Its young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there it is."
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