41WHO? DOES HE PREPARE FOR THE RAVEN FOOD-SUPPLY ITS IF YOUNG ONES ITS TO GOD THEY WILL CRY FOR HELP THEY WILL WANDER ABOUT FOR NOT FOOD 41Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food? [’’]
1¿ DO YOU KNOW [THE] TIME OF [THE] BRINGING FORTH OF MOUNTAIN GOATS OF ROCK [THE] GIVING BIRTH OF DOES DO YOU WATCH? The LORD Speaks of His Creation 1“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?
2WILL YOU COUNT? [THE] MONTHS [WHICH] THEY COMPLETE AND DO YOU KNOW? [THE] TIME OF BRINGING FORTH THEY 2Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?
3THEY KNEEL DOWN YOUNG THEIR THEY CLEAVE OPEN LABOR-PAINS THEIR THEY SEND FORTH 3They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn.
4THEY BECOME STRONG YOUNG THEIR THEY GROW IN THE OPEN THEY GO FORTH AND NOT THEY RETURN TO THEM 4Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return
5WHO? DID HE LET LOOSE [THE] WILD DONKEY FREE AND [THE] FETTERS OF [THE] WILD ASS WHO? DID HE LOOSEN 5Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?
6WHICH I APPOINTED [THE] DESERT PLAIN HOME ITS AND DWELLING-PLACES ITS [THE] SALTINESS 6I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.
7IT LAUGHS TO [THE] TUMULT OF A TOWN [THE] SHOUTING<S> OF A DRIVER NOT IT HEARS 7He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
8IT EXPLORES MOUNTAINS PASTURE ITS AND AFTER EVERY GREEN PLANT IT SEARCHES 8He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.
9¿ IS IT WILLING A WILD OX TO SERVE YOU OR? WILL IT PASS [THE] NIGHT AT FEEDING TROUGH YOUR 9Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
10¿ WILL YOU BIND [THE] WILD OX IN A FURROW ROPE ITS OR? WILL IT HARROW VALLEYS BEHIND YOU 10Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
11¿ WILL YOU TRUST IN IT FOR [IS] GREAT STRENGTH ITS SO YOU MAY LEAVE? TO IT TOIL YOUR 11Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?
12¿ WILL YOU TRUST IN IT THAT IT WILL BRING BACK SEED YOUR AND THRESHING FLOOR YOUR IT WILL GATHER 12Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
13[THE] WING OF OSTRICHES IT FLAPS JOYOUSLY IF A PINION A STORK AND PLUMAGE 13The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions*NoteClosePinions are the outer parts of a bird’s wings, including the flight feathers. and feathers of the stork.
14FOR IT ABANDONS TO THE GROUND EGGS ITS AND ON [THE] DUST IT KEEPS [THEM] WARM 14For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.
15AND IT HAS FORGOTTEN THAT A FOOT IT WILL CRUSH IT AND [THE] ANIMAL OF THE FIELD IT WILL TRAMPLE IT 15She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.
16IT TREATS ROUGHLY YOUNG ITS TO NOT [BELONGING] TO IT [IS] TO EMPTINESS LABOR ITS NOT FEAR 16She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.
17FOR HE HAS MADE FORGET IT GOD WISDOM AND NOT HE GAVE A SHARE TO IT IN <THE> UNDERSTANDING 17For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.
18ABOUT THE TIME ON THE HEIGHT IT FLAPS IT LAUGHS TO THE HORSE AND TO RIDER ITS 18Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
19¿ DO YOU GIVE TO THE HORSE STRENGTH ¿ DO YOU CLOTHE NECK ITS A MANE 19Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?
20¿ DO YOU MAKE LEAP IT LIKE <THE> LOCUST [THE] MAJESTY OF SNORTING ITS [IS] TERROR 20Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?
21THEY PAW IN THE VALLEY SO IT MAY REJOICES IN STRENGTH IT GOES FORTH TO MEET WEAPONRY 21He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.
22IT LAUGHS TO FEAR AND NOT IT IS DISMAYED AND NOT IT TURNS BACK FROM BEFORE A SWORD 22He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.
23ON IT IT RATTLES A QUIVER [THE] BLADE OF A SPEAR AND A JAVELIN 23A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance.*NoteCloseOr javelin
24WITH SHAKING AND EXCITEMENT IT SWALLOWS [THE] GROUND AND NOT IT STANDS FIRM FOR [THE] SOUND OF A HORN 24Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.
25IN [THE] SUFFICIENCY OF A HORN IT SAYS AHA! AND FROM A DISTANCE IT SMELLS BATTLE [THE] THUNDER OF COMMANDERS AND [THE] BATTLE-CRY 25At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor.*NoteCloseOr he snorts, ‘Aha!’ He catches the scent of battle from afar, the shouts of captains and the cry of war.
26¿ FROM UNDERSTANDING YOUR DOES IT SOAR A FALCON DOES IT SPREAD OUT? WINGS ITS TO [THE] SOUTH 26Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?
27OR? ON MOUTH YOUR DOES IT MAKE HIGH [ITS FLIGHT] AN EAGLE AND THAT IT SETS ON HIGH NEST ITS 27Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?
28A ROCK IT DWELLS AND IT MAY PASS [THE] NIGHT ON [THE] TOOTH OF A ROCK AND A STRONGHOLD 28He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.
29FROM THERE IT SPIES OUT FOOD <TO> FROM AFAR EYES ITS THEY LOOK 29From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.
30AND YOUNG ONES ITS THEY DRINK BLOOD AND AT WHERE [THOSE] SLAIN [ARE] [IS] THERE IT 30His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”