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Job 39:1
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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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Job 39:2
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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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Job 39:3
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They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They cast out their pains.
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Job 39:4
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Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; They go forth, and return not again.
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Job 39:5
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Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,
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Job 39:6
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Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?
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Job 39:7
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He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.
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Job 39:8
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The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.
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Job 39:9
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Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?
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Job 39:10
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Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
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Job 39:11
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Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor?
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Job 39:12
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Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gather [the grain] of thy threshing-floor?
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Job 39:13
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The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; [But] are they the pinions and plumage of love?
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Job 39:14
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For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust,
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Job 39:15
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And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them.
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Job 39:16
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She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain, [she is] without fear;
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Job 39:17
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Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
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Job 39:18
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What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider.
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Job 39:19
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Hast thou given the horse [his] might? Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?
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Job 39:20
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Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible.
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Job 39:21
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He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth out to meet the armed men.
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Job 39:22
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He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither turneth he back from the sword.
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Job 39:23
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The quiver rattleth against him, The flashing spear and the javelin.
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Job 39:24
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He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet.
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Job 39:25
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As oft as the trumpet [soundeth] he saith, Aha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
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Job 39:26
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Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, (And) stretcheth her wings toward the south?
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Job 39:27
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Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high?
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Job 39:28
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On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.
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Job 39:29
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From thence she spieth out the prey; Her eyes behold it afar off.
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Job 39:30
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Her young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she.
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