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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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"Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you seen deer in labor?
2 Do you count the months till they bear? Do you know the time they 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 crouch down and bring forth their young; their labor pains are ended.
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when they crouch down and bring forth their young, when they deliver their fawns?
4 Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds; they leave 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 gave it the wasteland as its home, the salt flats as its habitat.
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I made the 'Aravah its home, the salty desert its place to live.
7 It laughs at the commotion in the town; it does not hear a driver’s shout.
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It scorns the noise of the city and hears no driver's shouts.
8 It ranges the hills for its pasture and searches for any green thing.
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It ranges over the hills for its pasture, searching for anything green.
9 “Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will it stay by your manger 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 furrow with a harness? Will it till the valleys behind you?
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Could you tie a rope around its neck and make it plow furrows for you?
11 Will you rely on it for its great strength? Will you leave your heavy work to it?
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Would you trust its great strength enough to let it do your heavy work,
12 Can you trust it to haul in your grain and bring 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 joyfully, though they cannot compare with the wings and feathers of the stork.
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"An ostrich's wings beat wildly, although its pinions lack plumage.
14 She lays her 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 unmindful that a foot may crush them, that some wild animal may trample them.
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forgetting that a foot may crush them or a wild animal trample on them.
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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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 for God did not endow her with wisdom or give her a share of good sense.
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because God has deprived it of wisdom and given it no share in understanding.
18 Yet when she spreads her feathers to run, she laughs at horse and rider.
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When the time comes, it flaps its wings, scorning both horse and rider.
19 “Do you give the horse its strength or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?
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"Did you give the horse its strength? Did you clothe its neck with a mane?
20 Do you make it leap like a locust, striking terror 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 fiercely, rejoicing in its strength, and charges into the fray.
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It paws with force and exults with vigor, then charges into the battle;
22 It laughs at fear, afraid of nothing; it does not shy away from the sword.
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mocking at fear, unafraid, it does not shy away from the sword.
23 The quiver rattles against its side, along with the flashing spear and lance.
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The [rider's] quiver rattles over it, [his] gleaming spear and javelin.
24 In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.
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Frenzied and eager, it devours the ground, scarcely believing the shofar has sounded.
25 At the blast of the trumpet it snorts, ‘Aha!’ It catches the scent of battle from afar, the shout 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 “Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom and spread 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 Does the eagle soar at your command and build its nest on high?
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Does the eagle fly up when you say so, to build its nest in the heights?
28 It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night; a rocky crag is its stronghold.
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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 food; its eyes detect it from afar.
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From there it spots its prey, its eyes see it far off.
30 Its young ones feast on blood, and where the slain are, there it is.”
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Its young ones suck up blood; wherever the slain are, there it is."
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