6. I made the wilderness its home,and the salty wasteland its dwelling.
7. It scoffs at the noise of the villageand never hears the shouts of a driver.
8. It roams the mountains for its pastureland,searching for anything green.
9. Would the wild ox be willing to serve you?Would it spend the night by your feeding trough?
10. Can you hold the wild ox to a furrow by its harness?Will it plow the valleys behind you?
11. Can you depend on it because its strength is great?Would you leave it to do your hard work?
12. Can you trust the wild ox to harvest your grainand bring it to your threshing floor?
13. The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,but are her feathers and plumage like the stork’s?
14. She abandons her eggs on the groundand lets them be warmed in the sand.
15. She forgets that a foot may crush themor that some wild animal may trample them.
16. She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own,with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.
17. For God has deprived her of wisdom;He has not endowed her with understanding.
18. When she proudly spreads her wings,she laughs at the horse and its rider.