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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 of the rock bring forth? Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
2 Do you count the months till they bear? Do you know the time they give birth?
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Canst thou number the months that they fulfill? 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, they bring forth their young ones; they cast out their sorrows.
4 Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds; they leave and do not return.
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Their young ones are sturdy; they grow up with corn; they go forth and return not unto 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? Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass,
6 I gave it the wasteland as its home, the salt flats as its habitat.
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whose house I have made the wilderness and the barren land his dwellings?
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, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
8 It ranges the hills for its pasture and searches for any green thing.
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The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth 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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Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by 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 unicorn with his band to the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys behind 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 trust him because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave thy labor 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 believe him, that he will bring home the seed and gather it into thy barn?
13 “The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, though they cannot compare with the wings and feathers of the stork.
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"Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich,
14 She lays her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand,
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which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
15 unmindful that a foot may crush them, that some wild animal may trample them.
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and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast 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; her labor is in vain without fear;
17 for God did not endow her with wisdom or give her a share of good sense.
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because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath He imparted to her understanding.
18 Yet when she spreads her feathers to run, she laughs at horse and rider.
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Yet when she lifteth up herself 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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"Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
20 Do you make it leap like a locust, striking terror with its proud snorting?
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Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible.
21 It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength, and charges into the fray.
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He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength; he goeth on to meet the armed men.
22 It laughs at fear, afraid of nothing; it does not shy away from the sword.
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He mocketh at fear, and is not frightened, neither turneth he back from the sword.
23 The quiver rattles against its side, along with the flashing spear and lance.
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The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
24 In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.
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He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, neither believeth he that it is 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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He saith among the trumpets, `Ha, ha!' And he smelleth the battle afar off, 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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"Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
27 Does the eagle soar at your command and build its nest on high?
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Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
28 It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night; a rocky crag is its stronghold.
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She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock and the strong place.
29 From there it looks for food; its eyes detect it from afar.
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From thence she seeketh 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 also suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is she."
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