| Chapter 39 |
1 | Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
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2 | Canst thou number the months that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
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3 | They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
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4 | Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not to them.
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5 | Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
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6 | Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
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7 | He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
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8 | The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
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9 | Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
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10 | Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
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11 | Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labor to him?
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12 | Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
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13 | Gavest thou the goodly wings to the peacocks? or wings and feathers to the ostrich!
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14 | Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,
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15 | And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
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16 | She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labor is in vain without fear;
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17 | Because God hath withheld wisdom from her, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
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18 | When she lifteth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
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19 | Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
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20 | Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
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21 | He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
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22 | He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
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23 | The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
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24 | He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
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25 | He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
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26 | Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings towards the south?
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27 | Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
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28 | She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
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29 | From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
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30 | Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
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