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1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? [or] canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
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1 "Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?
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2 Canst thou number the months [that] they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
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2 Do you count the months till they bear? Do you know the time they give birth?
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3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
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3 They crouch down and bring forth their young; their labor pains are ended.
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4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not to them.
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4 Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds; they leave and do not return.
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5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
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5 "Who let the wild donkey go free? Who untied his ropes?
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6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
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6 I gave him the wasteland as his home, the salt flats as his habitat.
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7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
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7 He laughs at the commotion in the town; he does not hear a driver's shout.
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8 The range of the mountains [is] his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
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8 He ranges the hills for his pasture and searches for any green thing.
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9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
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9 "Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
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10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
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10 Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he till the valleys behind you?
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11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength [is] great? or wilt thou leave thy labor to him?
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11 Will you rely on him for his great strength? Will you leave your heavy work to him?
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12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather [it into] thy barn?
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12 Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
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13 [Gavest thou] the goodly wings to the peacocks? or wings and feathers to the ostrich!
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13 "The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but they cannot compare with the pinions and feathers of the stork.
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14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,
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14 She lays her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand,
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15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
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15 unmindful that a foot may crush them, that some wild animal may trample them.
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16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though [they were] not hers: her labor is in vain without fear;
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16 She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers; she cares not that her labor was in vain,
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17 Because God hath withheld wisdom from her, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
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17 for God did not endow her with wisdom or give her a share of good sense.
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18 When she lifteth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
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18 Yet when she spreads her feathers to run, she laughs at horse and rider.
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19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
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19 "Do you give the horse his strength or clothe his neck with a flowing mane?
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20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils [is] terrible.
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20 Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?
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21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
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21 He paws fiercely, rejoicing in his strength, and charges into the fray.
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22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
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22 He laughs at fear, afraid of nothing; he does not shy away from the sword.
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23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
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23 The quiver rattles against his side, along with the flashing spear and lance.
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24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that [it is] the sound of the trumpet.
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24 In frenzied excitement he eats up the ground; he cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.
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25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
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25 At the blast of the trumpet he snorts, 'Aha!' He catches the scent of battle from afar, the shout of commanders and the battle cry.
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26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, [and] stretch her wings towards the south?
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26 "Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom and spread his wings toward the south?
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27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
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27 Does the eagle soar at your command and build his nest on high?
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28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
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28 He dwells on a cliff and stays there at night; a rocky crag is his stronghold.
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29 From thence she seeketh the prey, [and] her eyes behold afar off.
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29 From there he seeks out his food; his eyes detect it from afar.
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30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain [are], there [is] she.
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30 His young ones feast on blood, and where the slain are, there is he."
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