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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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2 | 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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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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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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