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1 "Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the deer gives birth to her fawn?
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"Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you seen deer in labor?
2 Do you count the months until they give birth and know the right time for them to give birth?
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Can you tell how many months they carry their young? Do you know when they give birth,
3 They lie down, their young are born, and then the pain of giving birth is over.
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when they crouch down and bring forth their young, when they deliver their fawns?
4 Their young ones grow big and strong in the wild country. Then they leave their homes and do not return.
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Their young become strong, growing up in the open; they leave and never return.
5 "Who let the wild donkey go free? Who untied its ropes?
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"Who lets the wild donkey roam freely? Who sets the wild donkey loose from its shackles?
6 I am the one who gave the donkey the desert as its home; I gave it the desert lands as a place to live.
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I made the 'Aravah its home, the salty desert its place to live.
7 The wild donkey laughs at the confusion in the city, and it does not hear the drivers shout.
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It scorns the noise of the city and hears no driver's shouts.
8 It roams the hills looking for pasture, looking for anything green to eat.
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It ranges over the hills for its pasture, searching for anything green.
9 "Will the wild ox agree to serve you and stay by your feeding box at night?
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"Would a wild ox be willing to serve you? Would it stay by your stall?
10 Can you hold it to the plowed row with a harness so it will plow the valleys for you?
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Could you tie a rope around its neck and make it plow furrows for you?
11 Will you depend on the wild ox for its great strength and leave your heavy work for it to do?
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Would you trust its great strength enough to let it do your heavy work,
12 Can you trust the ox to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
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or rely on it to bring home your seed and gather the grain from your threshing-floor?
13 "The wings of the ostrich flap happily, but they are not like the feathers of the stork.
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"An ostrich's wings beat wildly, although its pinions lack plumage.
14 The ostrich lays its eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.
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It leaves its eggs on the ground and lets them be warmed by the sand,
15 It does not stop to think that a foot might step on them and crush them; it does not care that some animal might walk on them.
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forgetting that a foot may crush them or a wild animal trample on them.
16 The ostrich is cruel to its young, as if they were not even its own. It does not care that its work is for nothing,
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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;
17 because God did not give the ostrich wisdom; God did not give it a share of good sense.
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because God has deprived it of wisdom and given it no share in understanding.
18 But when the ostrich gets up to run, it is so fast that it laughs at the horse and its rider.
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When the time comes, it flaps its wings, scorning both horse and rider.
19 "Job, are you the one who gives the horse its strength or puts a flowing mane on its neck?
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"Did you give the horse its strength? Did you clothe its neck with a mane?
20 Do you make the horse jump like a locust? It scares people with its proud snorting.
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Did you make him able to leap like a locust? Its majestic snorting is frightening!
21 It paws wildly, enjoying its strength, and charges into battle.
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It paws with force and exults with vigor, then charges into the battle;
22 It laughs at fear and is afraid of nothing; it does not run away from the sword.
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mocking at fear, unafraid, it does not shy away from the sword.
23 The bag of arrows rattles against the horse's side, along with the flashing spears and swords.
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The [rider's] quiver rattles over it, [his] gleaming spear and javelin.
24 With great excitement, the horse races over the ground; and it cannot stand still when it hears the trumpet.
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Frenzied and eager, it devours the ground, scarcely believing the shofar has sounded.
25 When the trumpet blows, the horse snorts, 'Aha!' It smells the battle from far away; it hears the shouts of commanders and the battle cry.
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At the sound of the shofar it whinnies; as from afar it scents the battle, the roar of the chiefs and the shouting.
26 "Is it through your wisdom that the hawk flies and spreads its wings toward the south?
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"Is it your wisdom that sets the hawk soaring, spreading its wings toward the south?
27 Are you the one that commands the eagle to fly and build its nest so high?
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Does the eagle fly up when you say so, to build its nest in the heights?
28 It lives on a high cliff and stays there at night; the rocky peak is its protected place.
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It lives and spends its nights on the cliffs; a rocky crag is its fortress.
29 From there it looks for its food; its eyes can see it from far away.
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From there it spots its prey, its eyes see it far off.
30 Its young eat blood, and where there is something dead, the eagle is there."
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Its young ones suck up blood; wherever the slain are, there it is."
Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.