| 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? |
| 2 |
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. |
| 5 | Who hath
sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? |
| 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. |
|
9 | Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy
crib? |
| 10 | 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? |
| 13 | Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the
peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? |
|
14 | Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth
them in dust, |
| 15 | And
forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break
them. |
| 16 | She is hardened
against her young ones, as though they were not her's: her labour is in vain
without fear; |
| 17 | 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? |
|
20 | Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the
glory of his nostrils is terrible. |
|
21 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 30 | Her
young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she. |
