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| [1]Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? Or fill the appetite of the lion's whelps, |
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| [2]When they couch in their places , and remain in the covert to lie in wait? |
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| [3]Who prepareth for the raven his meat, when his birds cry unto God, wandering for lack of meat? |
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| [4]Knowest thou the time when the wild goats bring forth young? Or dost thou mark when the hinds do calve? |
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| [5]Canst thou number the months that they fulfill? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? |
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| [6]They bow themselves: they bruise their young and cast out their sorrows. |
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| [7]Yet their young wax fat, and grow up with corn: they go forth and return not unto them. |
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| [8]Who hath set the wild ass at liberty? Or who hath loosed the bones of the wild ass? |
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| [9]It is I which have made the wilderness his house, and the salt places his dwellings. |
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| [10]He derideth the multitude of the city: he heareth not the cry of the driver. |
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| [11]He seeketh out the mountain for his pasture, and searcheth after every green thing. |
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| [12]Will the unicorn serve thee? Or will he tarry by thy crib? |
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| [13]Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band to labor in the furrow? Or will he plow the valleys after thee? |
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| [14]Wilt thou trust in him, because his strength is great, and cast off thy labor unto him? |
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| [15]Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it unto thy barn? |
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| [16]Hast thou given the pleasant wings unto the peacocks? Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? |
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| [17]Which leaveth his eggs in the earth and maketh them hot in the dust, |
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| [18]And forgetteth that the foot might scatter them, or that the wild beast might break them. |
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| [19]He showeth himself cruel unto his young ones, as they were not his, and is without fear, as if he travailed in vain. |
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| [20]For God had deprived him of wisdom, and hath given him no part of understanding. |
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| [21]When time is, he mounteth on high: he mocketh the horse and his rider. |
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| [22]Hast thou given the horse strength? Or covered his neck with neighing? |
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| [23]Hast thou made him afraid as the grasshopper? His strong neighing is fearful. |
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| [24]He diggeth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth forth to meet the harnessed man. |
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| [25]He mocketh at fear, and is not afraid, and turneth not back from the sword, |
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| [26]Though the quiver rattle against him, the glittering spear and the shield. |
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| [27]He swalloweth the ground for fierceness and rage, and he believeth not that it is the noise of the trumpet. |
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| [28]He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha: he smelleth the battle afar off, and the noise of the captains, and the shouting. |
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| [29]Shall the hawk fly by thy wisdom, stretching out his wings toward the south? |
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| [30]Doth the eagle mount up at thy commandment, or make his nest on high? |
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| [31]She abideth and remaineth in the rock, even upon the top of the rock, and the tower. |
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| [32]From thence she spieth for meat , and her eyes behold afar off. |
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| [33]His young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she. |
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| [34]Moreover the Lord spake unto Job, and said, |
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| [35]Is this to learn to strive with the Almighty? He that reproveth God, let him answer to it. |
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| [36]Then Job answered the Lord, saying, |
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| [37]Behold, I am vile: what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. |
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| [38]Once have I spoken, but I will answer no more, yea twice, but I will proceed no further. |
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