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| [1]DO you know the time when wild goats bring forth in the steep rocks? Or can you watch the calving of hinds? |
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| [2]Can you number the months that they fulfill, and know the time when they bring forth? |
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| [3]And do you know when they kneel and bring forth their young ones? |
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| [4]They bring up their young ones, until they grow up and are weaned. |
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| [5]Who has left the wild ass to be free, and made him to escape the yoke? |
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| [6]For he has made the plain his house, and the salt land his dwelling place. |
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| [7]He scorns the multitude of cities, and is not afraid of the voice of rulers. |
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| [8]The tops of mountains are his pasture, and he treads over every green thing. |
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| [9]Will the unicorn be willing to serve you, or will he spend the night at your crib? |
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| [10]Can you bind the yoke on the neck of the unicorn? Or will he harrow in a rugged place? |
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| [11]Will you have confidence in him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave your labor to him? |
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| [12]Do you trust him, that he will winnow your threshing and gather your grain into the barn |
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| [13]The ostrich rouses herself up haughtily; then she comes and makes her nest; |
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| [14]But she leaves her eggs in the earth to be warmed on the ground. |
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| [15]And because she has the feet of a bird, forgets that the wild beast may trample them. |
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| [16]She multiplies her young ones, though they do not stay with her; although her labor is in vain, she has no fear: |
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| [17]God has increased wisdom, but he has not given her a portion of it. |
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| [18]She raises herself high like a palm tree; she laughs at the horse and his rider |
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| [19]Have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck with armour? |
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| [20]Can you make him move like the locust? Or can you make him afraid? |
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| [21]He paws in the plain, and rejoices in the valley; he goes forth armed to the battle. |
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| [22]He laughs at a pit, and is not frightened; neither does he turn back from the sword. |
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| [23]The quiver rattles against him, the glittering spear and the lance. |
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| [24]He gallops with rage that makes the ground to tremble, nor does he fear the sound of the trumpet. |
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| [25]He makes the sound, Aha, aha; and he smells the battle from afar; he terrifies the officers with his neighing |
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| [26]Is it by your wisdom that the hawk was created and wings his way toward the south? |
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| [27]Does the eagle soar at your command, and make his nest in steep rocks? |
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| [28]He dwells and lodges on the rock, upon the cliff of the precipice. |
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| [29]He is sustained by his prey, his eyes behold afar off. |
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| [30]His young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is he |
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