The wild things
"Do you know when the wild goats of the rock give birth? Can you watch when the deer calve? Can you number the months they fulfil, or know the time when they bring forth? They bow themselves, bring forth their young and cast out their sorrows. Their young ones grow strong and thrive in the open; they go forth and do not return to them. Who let the wild donkey go free? Who loosened its bonds, whose house I made the wilderness and the barren land his dwellings? He scorns the multitude of the city and pays no attention to the driver's shouting. The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing. Will the wild ox be willing to serve you, or stay by your feeding trough? Can you harness the wild ox in the furrow? Will he pull the harrow across the valleys behind you? Will you trust him because his strength is great? Will you leave your labour to him? Will you trust him to bring home your seed and gather it into your barn? Did you give the peacock its splendid wings, or the ostrich its wings and feathers? She leaves her eggs in the earth and warms them in the dust, forgetting that a foot may crush them or a wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain without fear, because God has deprived her of wisdom and has not given her understanding. When she lifts herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider. Have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck with thunder? Can you make him afraid like a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men. He mocks fear and is not afraid; he does not turn back from the sword. The quiver rattles against him, along with the glittering spear and shield. He swallows the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet. At the blast of the trumpets he says, 'Aha!' He smells the battle from far off, the thunder of the captains and the shouting. Does the hawk fly by your wisdom and stretch her wings towards the south? Does the eagle mount up at your command and make her nest on high? She lives and remains on the rock, upon the crag of the rock and the strong place. From there she searches for prey, and her eyes spot it from far away. Her young ones also suck up blood, and where those killed are, there she is."
Do you know when the wild goats of the rock give birth? Or can you mark when the deer calve? Can you count the months they carry? Or do you know the time when they give birth? They bend themselves. They bring out their young. They throw off their pains. Their young ones do well. They grow up in the open. They go out and don't come back to them. Who's let the wild donkey go free? Or who's loosened the bands of the wild donkey — whose house I've made the wilderness, and the salt land his home? He laughs at the noise of the town, and doesn't take any notice of the driver's shouting. The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing. Will the wild ox be willing to serve you, or stay by your feeding trough? Can you tie the wild ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he go over the valleys after you? Will you trust him because his strength is great? Or will you leave your work to him? Will you count on him to bring home your seed and gather it into your barn? Did you give the good wings to the peacocks, or wings and feathers to the ostrich? She leaves her eggs in the earth and warms them in the dust, and forgets that a foot could crush them, or that the wild animal could break them. She's hard on her young ones, as if they weren't hers. Her work is for nothing without fear — because God has made her forget wisdom, and he hasn't given her understanding. When she lifts herself up on high, she laughs at the horse and his rider. Have you given the horse strength? Have you dressed his neck with thunder? Can you make him afraid like a grasshopper? The glory of his snorting is terrifying. He paws in the valley and celebrates in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men. He laughs at fear and isn't frightened, and he doesn't turn back from the sword. The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the shield. He swallows the ground with rage and fury. And he doesn't believe it's the sound of the trumpet. He says among the trumpets: Aha. And he smells the battle a long way off, the thunder of the captains and the shouting. Does the hawk fly by your wisdom and stretch her wings towards the south? Does the eagle go up at your order and make her nest on high? She lives on the rock and stays there, on the crag of the rock and the strong place. From there she looks out for the prey. Her eyes see it far off. Her young ones suck up blood too. And where the killed are, that's where she is.
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them. Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn? Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear; Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding. What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider. Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south? Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
"Do you know when the wild goats of the rock give birth? Can you watch when the deer calve?
Do you know when the wild goats of the rock give birth? Or can you mark when the deer calve?
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
Can you number the months they fulfil, or know the time when they bring forth?
Can you count the months they carry? Or do you know the time when they give birth?
Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
They bow themselves, bring forth their young and cast out their sorrows.
They bend themselves. They bring out their young. They throw off their pains.
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
Their young ones grow strong and thrive in the open; they go forth and do not return to them.
Their young ones do well. They grow up in the open. They go out and don't come back to them.
Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
Who let the wild donkey go free? Who loosened its bonds,
Who's let the wild donkey go free? Or who's loosened the bands of the wild donkey —
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
whose house I made the wilderness and the barren land his dwellings?
whose house I've made the wilderness, and the salt land his home?
Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
He scorns the multitude of the city and pays no attention to the driver's shouting.
He laughs at the noise of the town, and doesn't take any notice of the driver's shouting.
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.
The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
Will the wild ox be willing to serve you, or stay by your feeding trough?
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
Can you harness the wild ox in the furrow? Will he pull the harrow across the valleys behind you?
Can you tie the wild ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he go over the valleys after you?
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Will you trust him because his strength is great? Will you leave your labour to him?
Will you trust him because his strength is great? Or will you leave your work to him?
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
Will you trust him to bring home your seed and gather it into your barn?
Will you count on him to bring home your seed and gather it into your barn?
Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
Did you give the peacock its splendid wings, or the ostrich its wings and feathers?
Did you give the good wings to the peacocks, or wings and feathers to the ostrich?
Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
She leaves her eggs in the earth and warms them in the dust,
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
forgetting that a foot may crush them or a wild beast may break them.
and forgets that a foot could crush them, or that the wild animal could break them.
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
She is hardened against her young ones as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain without fear,
She's hard on her young ones, as if they weren't hers. Her work is for nothing without fear —
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
because God has deprived her of wisdom and has not given her understanding.
because God has made her forget wisdom, and he hasn't given her understanding.
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
When she lifts herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.
When she lifts herself up on high, she laughs at the horse and his rider.
What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
Have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck with thunder?
Have you given the horse strength? Have you dressed his neck with thunder?
Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
Can you make him afraid like a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible.
Can you make him afraid like a grasshopper? The glory of his snorting is terrifying.
Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men.
He paws in the valley and celebrates in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men.
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
He mocks fear and is not afraid; he does not turn back from the sword.
He laughs at fear and isn't frightened, and he doesn't turn back from the sword.
He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
The quiver rattles against him, along with the glittering spear and shield.
The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the shield.
The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
He swallows the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
He swallows the ground with rage and fury. And he doesn't believe it's the sound of the trumpet.
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
At the blast of the trumpets he says, 'Aha!' He smells the battle from far off, the thunder of the captains and the shouting.
He says among the trumpets: Aha. And he smells the battle a long way off, the thunder of the captains and the shouting.
He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Does the hawk fly by your wisdom and stretch her wings towards the south?
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
Does the eagle mount up at your command and make her nest on high?
Does the eagle go up at your order and make her nest on high?
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
She lives and remains on the rock, upon the crag of the rock and the strong place.
She lives on the rock and stays there, on the crag of the rock and the strong place.
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
From there she searches for prey, and her eyes spot it from far away.
From there she looks out for the prey. Her eyes see it far off.
From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
Her young ones also suck up blood, and where those killed are, there she is."
Her young ones suck up blood too. And where the killed are, that's where she is.
Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.