2. Dost thou number the months that they fulfil? and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
3. They bow themselves, they give birth to their young ones, they cast out their pains;
4. Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field, they go forth, and return not unto them.
5. Who hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager,
6. Whose house I made the wilderness, and the salt plain his dwellings?
7. He laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver;
8. The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
9. Will the buffalo be willing to serve thee, or will he lodge by thy crib?
10. Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
11. Wilt thou put confidence in him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
12. Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?
13. The wing of the ostrich beats joyously--But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?
14. For she leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,
15. And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample them.
16. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern.
17. For +God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.
18. What time she lasheth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
19. Hast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?