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It ranges over the hills for its pasture, searching for anything green.
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"Would a wild ox be willing to serve you? Would it stay by your stall?
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Could you tie a rope around its neck and make it plow furrows for you?
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Would you trust its great strength enough to let it do your heavy work,
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or rely on it to bring home your seed and gather the grain from your threshing-floor?
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"An ostrich's wings beat wildly, although its pinions lack plumage.
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It leaves its eggs on the ground and lets them be warmed by the sand,
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forgetting that a foot may crush them or a wild animal trample on them.
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It treats its chicks heartlessly, as if they were not its own; even if her labor is in vain, it really doesn't care;
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because God has deprived it of wisdom and given it no share in understanding.
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When the time comes, it flaps its wings, scorning both horse and rider.