3. They bow down, they bring forth their young, their labour pains are ended.
4. Their young ones are thriving, they grow up in the field. They shall leave and shall not return to them.
5. Who set the wild donkey free? Who loosed the bonds of the wild donkey,
6. whose home I have made the desert, and the salt land his dwelling?
7. He laughs at the commotion of the city; he does not hear the shouts of the driver.
8. The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches for all that is green.
9. Would the wild ox be pleased to serve you? Or spend the night by your feeding trough?
10. If you bind the wild ox in the furrow with ropes, would he plough the valleys behind you?
11. Would you rely on his great strength? Or would you leave your labour to him?
12. Would you trust him to bring home your grain, and gather it to your threshing-floor?
13. The wings of the ostrich flap joyously, but they are not the pinions and plumage of kindness!