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[1]Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
[2]Canst thou number the months that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
[3]They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
[4]Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not to them.
[5]Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
[6]Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
[7]He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
[8]The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
[9]Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
[10]Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
[11]Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labor to him?
[12]Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
[13]Gavest thou the goodly wings to the peacocks? or wings and feathers to the ostrich!
[14]Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,
[15]And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
[16]She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labor is in vain without fear;
[17]Because God hath withheld wisdom from her, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
[18]When she lifteth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
[19]Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
[20]Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
[21]He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
[22]He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
[23]The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
[24]He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is 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.
[26]Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings towards the south?
[27]Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
[28]She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
[29]From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
[30]Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
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