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Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?
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Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
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Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor?
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Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gather [the grain] of thy threshing-floor?
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The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; [But] are they the pinions and plumage of love?
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For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust,
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And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them.
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She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain, [she is] without fear;
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Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
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What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider.
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Hast thou given the horse [his] might? Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?