39:1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? [or] canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
39:1 "Do you know the time when the wild mountain goats bear young? Or can you mark when the deer gives birth?

39:2 Canst thou number the months [that] they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
39:2 Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they bear young?

39:3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
39:3 They bow down, They bring forth their young, They deliver their offspring.

39:4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
39:4 Their young ones are healthy, They grow strong with grain; They depart and do not return to them.

39:5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
39:5 "Who set the wild donkey free? Who loosed the bonds of the onager,

39:6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
39:6 Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the barren land his dwelling?

39:7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
39:7 He scorns the tumult of the city; He does not heed the shouts of the driver.

39:8 The range of the mountains [is] his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
39:8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searches after every green thing.

39:9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
39:9 "Will the wild ox be willing to serve you? Will he bed by your manger?

39:10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
39:10 Can you bind the wild ox in the furrow with ropes? Or will he plow the valleys behind you?

39:11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength [is] great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
39:11 Will you trust him because his strength is great? Or will you leave your labor to him?

39:12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather [it into] thy barn?
39:12 Will you trust him to bring home your grain, And gather it to your threshing floor?

39:13 [Gavest thou] the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
39:13 "The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, But are her wings and pinions like the kindly stork's?

39:14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
39:14 For she leaves her eggs on the ground, And warms them in the dust;

39:15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
39:15 She forgets that a foot may crush them, Or that a wild beast may break them.

39:16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though [they were] not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
39:16 She treats her young harshly, as though they were not hers; Her labor is in vain, without concern,

39:17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
39:17 Because God deprived her of wisdom, And did not endow her with understanding.

39:18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
39:18 When she lifts herself on high, She scorns the horse and its rider.

39:19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
39:19 "Have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck with thunder?

39:20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils [is] terrible.
39:20 Can you frighten him like a locust? His majestic snorting strikes terror.

39:21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
39:21 He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength; He gallops into the clash of arms.

39:22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
39:22 He mocks at fear, and is not frightened; Nor does he turn back from the sword.

39:23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
39:23 The quiver rattles against him, The glittering spear and javelin.

39:24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that [it is] the sound of the trumpet.
39:24 He devours the distance with fierceness and rage; Nor does he come to a halt because the trumpet has sounded.

39:25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
39:25 At the blast of the trumpet he says, 'Aha!' He smells the battle from afar, The thunder of captains and shouting.

39:26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, [and] stretch her wings toward the south?
39:26 "Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, And spread its wings toward the south?

39:27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
39:27 Does the eagle mount up at your command, And make its nest on high?

39:28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
39:28 On the rocks it dwells and resides, On the crag of the rock and the stronghold.

39:29 From thence she seeketh the prey, [and] her eyes behold afar off.
39:29 From there it spies out the prey; Its eyes observe from afar.

39:30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain [are], there [is] she.
39:30 Its young ones suck up blood; And where the slain are, there it is."