1“Are you acquainted <03045> with the way <06256> the mountain <05553> goats <03277> give birth <03205>? Do you watch <08104> as the wild deer <0355> give birth <02342> to their young?
2Do you count <05608> the months <03391> they must fulfill <04390>, and do you know <03045> the time <06256> they give birth <03205>?
3They crouch <03766>, they bear <06398> their young <03206>, they bring forth <07971> the offspring <02256> they have carried.
4Their young <01121> grow strong <02492>, and grow up <07235> in the open <01250>; they go off <03318>, and do not <03808> return <07725> to them.
5Who <04310> let the wild donkey <06501> go <07971> free <02670>? Who <04310> released <06605> the bonds <04147> of the donkey <06171>,
6to whom <0834> I appointed <07760> the steppe <06160> for its home <01004>, the salt wastes <04420> as its dwelling place <04908>?
7It scorns <07832> the tumult <01995> in the town <07151>; it does not <03808> hear <08085> the shouts <08663> of a driver <05065>.
8It ranges <03491> the hills <02022> as its pasture <04829>, and searches <01875> after <0310> every <03605> green plant <03387>.
9Is the wild ox <07214> willing <014> to be your servant <05647>? Will it spend <03885> the night at <05921> your feeding trough <018>?
10Can you bind <07194> the wild ox <07214> to a furrow <08525> with its rope <05688>, will it till <07702> the valleys <06010>, following after <0310> you?
11Will you rely on <0982> it because <03588> its strength <03581> is great <07227>? Will you commit <05800> your labor <03018> to <0413> it?
12Can you count on <0539> it to bring <07725> in your grain <02233>, and gather <0622> the grain to your threshing floor <01637>?
13“The wings <03671> of the ostrich <07443> flap with joy <05965>, but are <0518> they the pinions <084> and plumage <05133> of a stork <02624>?
14For <03588> she leaves <05800> her eggs <01000> on the ground <0776>, and lets them be warmed <02552> on <05921> the soil <06083>.
15She forgets <07911> that <03588> a foot <07272> might crush <02115> them, or that a wild <07704> animal <02416> might trample <01758> them.
16She is harsh <07188> with her young <01121>, as if they were not <03808> hers; she is unconcerned <06343> <01097> about the uselessness <07385> of her labor <03018>.
17For <03588> God <0433> deprived <05382> her of wisdom <02451>, and did not <03808> impart <02505> understanding <0998> to her.
18But as soon as <06256> she springs up <04754>, up <04791>, she laughs <07832> at the horse <05483> and its rider <07392>.
19“Do you give <05414> the horse <05483> its strength <01369>? Do you clothe <03847> its neck <06677> with a mane <07483>?
20Do you make it leap <07493> like a locust <0697>? Its proud <01935> neighing <05170> is terrifying <0367>!
21It paws <02658> the ground in the valley <06010>, exulting <07797> mightily <03581>, it goes out <03318> to meet <07125> the weapons <05402>.
22It laughs <07832> at fear <06343> and is not <03808> dismayed <02865>; it does not <03808> shy away <07725> from <06440> the sword <02719>.
23On <05921> it the quiver <0827> rattles <07439>; the lance <02595> and javelin <03591> flash <03851>.
24In excitement <07494> and impatience <07267> it consumes <01572> the ground <0776>; it cannot <03808> stand still <0539> when <03588> the trumpet <07782> is blown <06963>.
25At the sound of the trumpet <07782>, it says <0559>, ‘Aha <01889>!’ And from a distance <07350> it catches the scent <07306> of battle <04421>, the thunderous <07482> shouting of commanders <08269>, and the battle cries <08643>.
26“Is it by your understanding <0998> that the hawk <05322> soars <082>, and spreads <06566> its wings <03671> toward the south <08486>?
27Is it at <05921> your command <06310> that <03588> the eagle <05404> soars <01361>, and builds <07311> its nest <07064> on high?
28It lives <07931> on a rock <05553> and spends the night <03885> there, on <05921> a rocky <05553> crag <08127> and a fortress <04686>.
29From there <08033> it spots <02658> its prey <0400>, its eyes <05869> gaze <05027> intently from a distance <07350>.
30And its young <0667> ones devour <05966> the blood <01818>, and where <0834> the dead carcasses <02491> are, there <08033> it <01931> is.”