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Chapter 39 |
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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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Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou
the time when they bring forth? |
| 3 | They bow themselves, they bring
forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. |
| 4 | Their young
ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not
unto them. |
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| 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. |
| 7 | He scorneth the multitude of
the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. |
| 8 | The range
of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green
thing. |
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Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy
crib? |
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Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or
will he harrow the valleys after thee? |
| 11 | Wilt thou trust him, because
his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? |
| 12 | Wilt
thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy
barn? |
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Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and
feathers unto the ostrich? |
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14 | Which leaveth her eggs in the earth,
and warmeth them in 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 her's: her labour is in vain without
fear; |
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Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he
imparted to her understanding. |
| 18 | What time she lifteth up
herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider. |
| 19 | Hast thou
given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? |
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Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is
terrible. |
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| He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength:
he goeth on to meet the armed men. |
| 22 | He mocketh at fear, and is
not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. |
| 23 | The quiver
rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. |
| 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. |
| 26
| Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings
toward the south? |
| 27 | Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and
make her nest on high? |
| 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. |
