“Do you know the time the 1amountain goats give birth?Do you keep watch over the calving of the bdeer?Lit goats of the rockDeut 14:5; 1 Sam 24:2; Ps 104:18Ps 29:92 “Can you count the months they fulfill,Or do you know the time they give birth?3 “They kneel down; they bring forth their young;They send out their labor pains.4 “Their children become strong; they grow up in the open field;They leave and do not return to them.
5 “Who sent out the awild donkey free?And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,Job 6:5; 11:12; 24:5; Ps 104:116 For whom I have set athe desert plain as a homeAnd the salt land as his dwelling place?Job 24:5; Jer 2:24; Hos 8:97 “He laughs at the tumult of the city;The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.8 “He explores the mountains for his pastureAnd searches after every green thing.9 “Will the awild ox consent to serve you,Or will he spend the night at your manger?Num 23:22; Deut 33:17; Ps 22:21; 29:6; 92:10; Is 34:710 “Can you bind the wild ox in a furrow with 1ropes,Or will he harrow the valleys after you?Lit his rope11 “Will you trust him because his power is greatAnd leave your labor to him?12 “Will you believe him that he will return your seed of grainAnd gather it from your threshing floor?
13 “The ostriches’ wings flap joyouslyBut are they the pinion and plumage of a 1stork?Or love14 For she leaves her eggs to the earthAnd warms them in the dust,15 And she forgets that a foot may crush 1them,Or that a beast of the field may trample 2them.Lit it16 “She treats her children acruelly, as if they were not hers;Though her labor be empty, she is without dread,Lam 4:317 Because God has made her forget wisdom,And has not given her a share of understanding.18 “When she raises herself up high,She laughs at the horse and his rider.
19 “Do you give the horse his might?Do you clothe his neck with a mane?20 “Do you make him aleap like the locust?His splendid bsnorting is terrible.Joel 2:5Jer 8:1621 “1He paws in the valley and rejoices in his power;He agoes out to meet the weapons.Lit They pawJer 8:622 “He laughs at dread and is not dismayed;And he does not turn back from the sword.23 “The quiver rattles against him,The flashing spear and javelin.24 “With shaking and rage he 1races over the ground,And he does not 2stand still at the sound of the trumpet.Or swallows upLit believe25 “As often as the trumpet sounds he says, ‘Aha!’And he scents the battle from afar,And the thunder of the commanders and the shout of war.
26 “Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars,Stretching his wings toward the south?27 “Is it at your 1command that the eagle goes on highAnd raises ahis nest high?Lit mouthJer 49:16; Obad 428 “On the cliff he dwells and lodges,Upon the rocky crag, a fortress.29 “From there he 1aspies out food;His eyes see it from afar.Or paws, cf. Job 39:21; lit digsJob 9:2630 “His young ones also suck up blood;And awhere the slain are, there is he.”Matt 24:28; Luke 17:37