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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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Knowest thou the time when the wild goats bring forth among the rocks, or hast thou observed the hinds when they fawn?
2 Do you count the months till they bear? Do you know the time they give birth?
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Hast thou numbered the months of their conceiving, or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
3 They crouch down and bring forth their young; their labor pains are ended.
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They bow themselves to bring forth young, and they cast them, and send forth roarings.
4 Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds; they leave and do not return.
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Their young are weaned and go to feed: they go forth, and return not to them.
5 “Who let the wild donkey go free? Who untied its ropes?
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Who hath sent out the wild ass free, and who hath loosed his bonds?
6 I gave it the wasteland as its home, the salt flats as its habitat.
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To whom I have given a house in the wilderness, and his dwellings in the barren land.
7 It laughs at the commotion in the town; it does not hear a driver’s shout.
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He scorneth the multitude of the city, he heareth not the cry of the driver.
8 It ranges the hills for its pasture and searches for any green thing.
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He looketh round about the mountains of his pasture, and seeketh for every green thing,
9 “Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will it stay by your manger at night?
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Shall the rhinoceros be willing to serve thee, or will he stay at thy crib?
10 Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness? Will it till the valleys behind you?
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Canst thou bind the rhinoceros with thy thong to plough, or will he break the clods of the valleys after thee?
11 Will you rely on it for its great strength? Will you leave your heavy work to it?
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Wilt thou have confidence in his great strength, and leave thy labours to him?
12 Can you trust it to haul in your grain and bring it to your threshing floor?
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Wilt thou trust him that he will render thee the seed, and gather it into thy barnfloor?
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 wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron, and of the hawk.
14 She lays her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand,
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When she leaveth her eggs on the earth, thou perhaps wilt warm them in the dust.
15 unmindful that a foot may crush them, that some wild animal may trample them.
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She forgetteth that the foot may tread upon them, or that the beasts of the field may 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 is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers, she hath laboured in vain, no fear constraining her.
17 for God did not endow her with wisdom or give her a share of good sense.
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For God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he given her understanding.
18 Yet when she spreads her feathers to run, she laughs at horse and rider.
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When time shall be, she setteth up her wings on high: she scorneth the horse and his rider.
19 “Do you give the horse its strength or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?
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Wilt thou give strength to the horse or clothe his neck with neighing?
20 Do you make it leap like a locust, striking terror with its proud snorting?
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Wilt thou lift him up like the locusts? the glory of his nostrils is terror.
21 It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength, and charges into the fray.
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He breaketh up the earth with his hoof, he pranceth boldly, he goeth forward to meet armed men.
22 It laughs at fear, afraid of nothing; it does not shy away from the sword.
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He despiseth fear, he turneth not his back to the sword.
23 The quiver rattles against its side, along with the flashing spear and lance.
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Above him shall the quiver rattle, the spear and shield shall glitter.
24 In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.
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Chasing and raging he swalloweth the ground, neither doth he make account when the noise of the trumpet soundeth.
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 he heareth the trumpet he saith: Ha, ha: he smelleth the battle afar off, the encouraging of the captains, and the shouting of the army.
26 “Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom and spread its wings toward the south?
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Doth the hawk wax feathered by thy wisdom, spreading her wings to the south?
27 Does the eagle soar at your command and build its nest on high?
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Will the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest in high places?
28 It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night; a rocky crag is its stronghold.
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She abideth among the rocks, and dwelleth among cragged flints, and stony hills, where there is no access.
29 From there it looks for food; its eyes detect it from afar.
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From thence she looketh for the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
30 Its young ones feast on blood, and where the slain are, there it is.”
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Her young ones shall suck up blood: and wheresoever the carcass shall be, she is immediately there.
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