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Job
Chapter 39
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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?
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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 unto 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 labour 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 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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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 labour is in vain without fear;
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17.
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
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18.
What time she lifteth up 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 toward 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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