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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 the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the deer?
2 Do you count the months till they bear? Do you know the time they give birth?
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Can you number the months that they fulfill, and do you know the time 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 to give birth to their offspring, and are delivered of their young?
4 Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds; they leave and do not return.
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Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open; they go forth, and do not return to them.
5 “Who let the wild donkey go free? Who untied its ropes?
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"Who has let the wild ass go free? Who has loosed the bonds of the swift ass,
6 I gave it the wasteland as its home, the salt flats as its habitat.
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to which I have given the steppe for its home, the salt land for its dwelling place?
7 It laughs at the commotion in the town; it does not hear a driver’s shout.
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It scorns the tumult of the city; it does not hear the shouts of the driver.
8 It ranges the hills for its pasture and searches for any green thing.
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It ranges the mountains as its pasture, and it searches after every green thing.
9 “Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will it stay by your manger at night?
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"Is the wild ox willing to serve you? Will it spend the night at your crib?
10 Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness? Will it till the valleys behind you?
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Can you tie it in the furrow with ropes, or will it harrow the valleys after you?
11 Will you rely on it for its great strength? Will you leave your heavy work to it?
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Will you depend on it because its strength is great, and will you hand over your labor to it?
12 Can you trust it to haul in your grain and bring it to your threshing floor?
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Do you have faith in it that it will return, and bring your grain to 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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"The ostrich's wings flap wildly, though its pinions lack plumage.
14 She lays her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand,
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For it leaves its eggs to the earth, and lets them be warmed on the ground,
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, and that a wild animal may trample 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 deals cruelly with its young, as if they were not its own; though its labor should be in vain, yet it has no fear;
17 for God did not endow her with wisdom or give her a share of good sense.
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because God has made it forget 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 it spreads its plumes aloft, it laughs at the horse and its rider.
19 “Do you give the horse its strength or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?
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"Do you give the horse its might? Do you clothe its neck with mane?
20 Do you make it leap like a locust, striking terror with its proud snorting?
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Do you make it leap like the locust? Its majestic snorting is terrible.
21 It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength, and charges into the fray.
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It paws violently, exults mightily; it goes out to meet the weapons.
22 It laughs at fear, afraid of nothing; it does not shy away from the sword.
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It laughs at fear, and is not dismayed; it does not turn back from the sword.
23 The quiver rattles against its side, along with the flashing spear and lance.
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Upon it rattle the quiver, the flashing spear, and the javelin.
24 In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.
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With fierceness and rage it swallows the ground; it cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
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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When the trumpet sounds, it says "Aha!' From a distance it smells the battle, the thunder of the captains, 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 by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and spreads its wings toward the south?
27 Does the eagle soar at your command and build its nest on high?
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Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes its nest on high?
28 It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night; a rocky crag is its stronghold.
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It lives on the rock and makes its home in the fastness of the rocky crag.
29 From there it looks for food; its eyes detect it from afar.
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From there it spies the prey; its eyes see it from far away.
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; and where the slain are, there it is."
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