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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 are born? Have you watched wild deer give birth?
2 Do you count the months till they bear? Do you know the time they give birth?
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Do you know how long they carry their young? Do you know the time for their birth?
3 They crouch down and bring forth their young; their labor pains are ended.
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Do you know when they will crouch down and bring their young into the world?
4 Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds; they leave and do not return.
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In the wilds their young grow strong; they go away and don't come back.
5 “Who let the wild donkey go free? Who untied its ropes?
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Who gave the wild donkeys their freedom? Who turned them loose and let them roam?
6 I gave it the wasteland as its home, the salt flats as its habitat.
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I gave them the desert to be their home, and let them live on the salt plains.
7 It laughs at the commotion in the town; it does not hear a driver’s shout.
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They keep far away from the noisy cities, and no one can tame them and make them work.
8 It ranges the hills for its pasture and searches for any green thing.
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The mountains are the pastures where they feed, where they search for anything green to eat.
9 “Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will it stay by your manger at night?
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Will a wild ox work for you? Is he willing to spend the night in your stable?
10 Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness? Will it till the valleys behind you?
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Can you hold one with a rope and make him plow? Or make him pull a harrow in your fields?
11 Will you rely on it for its great strength? Will you leave your heavy work to it?
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Can you rely on his great strength and expect him to 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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Do you expect him to bring in your harvest and gather the grain from your threshing place?
13 “The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, though they cannot compare with the wings and feathers of the stork.
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How fast the wings of an ostrich beat! But no ostrich can fly like a stork.
14 She lays her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand,
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The ostrich leaves her eggs on the ground for the heat in the soil to warm them.
15 unmindful that a foot may crush them, that some wild animal may trample them.
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She is unaware that a foot may crush them or a wild animal break 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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She acts as if the eggs were not hers, and is unconcerned that her efforts were wasted.
17 for God did not endow her with wisdom or give her a share of good sense.
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It was I who made her foolish and did not give her wisdom.
18 Yet when she spreads her feathers to run, she laughs at horse and rider.
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But when she begins to run, she can laugh at any horse and rider.
19 “Do you give the horse its strength or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?
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Was it you, Job, who made horses so strong and gave them their flowing manes?
20 Do you make it leap like a locust, striking terror with its proud snorting?
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Did you make them leap like locusts and frighten people with their snorting?
21 It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength, and charges into the fray.
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They eagerly paw the ground in the valley; they rush into battle with all their strength.
22 It laughs at fear, afraid of nothing; it does not shy away from the sword.
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They do not know the meaning of fear, and no sword can turn them back.
23 The quiver rattles against its side, along with the flashing spear and lance.
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The weapons which their riders carry rattle and flash in the sun.
24 In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.
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Trembling with excitement, the horses race ahead; when the trumpet blows, they can't stand still.
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 each blast of the trumpet they snort; they can smell a battle before they get near, and they hear the officers shouting commands.
26 “Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom and spread its wings toward the south?
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Does a hawk learn from you how to fly when it spreads its wings toward the south?
27 Does the eagle soar at your command and build its nest on high?
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Does an eagle wait for your command to build its nest high in the mountains?
28 It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night; a rocky crag is its stronghold.
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It makes its home on the highest rocks and makes the sharp peaks its fortress.
29 From there it looks for food; its eyes detect it from afar.
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From there it watches near and far for something to kill and eat.
30 Its young ones feast on blood, and where the slain are, there it is.”
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Around dead bodies the eagles gather, and the young eagles drink the blood.
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.