(31) Can you tie the bands of the Pleiades or loose Orion's reins?
(32) Can you lead constellations out in their season, bring the Great Bear with her sons? (33) Do you know the laws of heaven, impose its authority on earth?
(34) Can you send up an order to the clouds, for an abundance of water to cover you?
(35) Can you dispatch the lightning on a mission And have it answer you, “I am ready”?
(36) Who put wisdom in the hidden parts? Who gave understanding to the mind?
(37) Who counted the skies in wisdom, and the jars of heavens who tilted,
(38) when the dust melts into a mass, And its clods cling together?
(א) הֲיָדַ֗עְתָּ עֵ֭ת לֶ֣דֶת יַעֲלֵי־סָ֑לַע חֹלֵ֖ל אַיָּל֣וֹת תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃ (ב) תִּסְפֹּ֣ר יְרָחִ֣ים תְּמַלֶּ֑אנָה וְ֝יָדַ֗עְתָּ עֵ֣ת לִדְתָּֽנָה׃ (ג) תִּ֭כְרַעְנָה יַלְדֵיהֶ֣ן תְּפַלַּ֑חְנָה חֶבְלֵיהֶ֥ם תְּשַׁלַּֽחְנָה׃ (ד) יַחְלְמ֣וּ בְ֭נֵיהֶם יִרְבּ֣וּ בַבָּ֑ר יָ֝צְא֗וּ וְלֹא־שָׁ֥בוּ לָֽמוֹ׃
(1) Do you know the season when the mountain goats give birth? Can you mark the time when the gazelles calve?
(2) Can you number the months they must complete, and know their birthing time?
(3) When they crouch to bring forth their babes, to deliver their young?
(4) Their young are healthy; they grow up in the open; they leave and return no more.