1<\/sup>Do you know at what time the wild goats have given birth among the rocks, or do you observe the deer when they go into labor?<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>Have you numbered the months since their conception, and do you know at what time they gave birth?<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>They bend themselves for their offspring, and they give birth, and they emit roars.<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>Their young are weaned and go out to feed; they depart and do not return to them.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>Who has set the wild ass free, and who has released his bonds?<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>I have given a house in solitude to him, and his tabernacle is in the salted land.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>He despises the crowded city; he does not pay attention to the bellow of the tax collector.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>He looks around the mountains of his pasture, and he searches everywhere for green plants.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>Will the rhinoceros be willing to serve you, and will he remain in your stall?<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>Can you detain the rhinoceros with your harness to plough for you, and will he loosen the soil of the furrows behind you?<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>Will you put your faith in his great strength, and delegate your labors to him?<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>Will you trust him to return to you the seed, and to gather it on your drying floor?<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>The wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron, and of the hawk.<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>When she leaves eggs behind in the earth, will you perhaps warm them in the dust?<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>She forgets that feet may trample them, or that the beasts of the field may shatter them.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>She is hardened against her young, as if they were not hers; she has labored in vain, with no fear compelling her.<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>For God has deprived her of wisdom; neither has he given her understanding.<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>Yet, when the time is right, she raises her wings on high; she ridicules the horse and his rider.<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>Will you supply strength to the horse, or envelope his throat with neighing?<\/span> <\/p>\n 20<\/sup>Will you alarm him as the locusts do? His panic is revealed by the display of his nostrils.<\/span> <\/p>\n 21<\/sup>He digs at the earth with his hoof; he jumps around boldly; he advances to meet armed men.<\/span> <\/p>\n 22<\/sup>He despises fear; he does not turn away from the sword.<\/span> <\/p>\n 23<\/sup>Above him, the quiver rattles, the spear and the shield shake.<\/span> <\/p>\n 24<\/sup>Seething and raging, he drinks up the earth; neither does he pause when the blast of the trumpet sounds.<\/span> <\/p>\n 25<\/sup>When he hears the bugle, he says, “Ha!” He smells the battle from a distance, the exhortation of the officers, and the battle cry of the soldiers.<\/span> <\/p>\n 26<\/sup>Does the hawk grow feathers by means of your wisdom, spreading her wings towards the south?<\/span> <\/p>\n 27<\/sup>Will the eagle lift herself up at your command and make her nest in steep places?<\/span> <\/p>\n 28<\/sup>She dwells among the rocks, and she lingers among broken boulders and inaccessible cliffs.<\/span> <\/p>\n 29<\/sup>From there, she looks for food, and her eyes catch sight of it from far away.<\/span> <\/p>\n 30<\/sup>Her young will drink blood, and wherever the carcass will be, she is there immediately.<\/span> <\/p>\n