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- "Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?
- Do you count the months till they bear? Do you know the time they give birth?
- They crouch down and bring forth their young; their labor pains are ended.
- Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds; they leave and do not return.
- "Who let the wild donkey go free? Who untied his ropes?
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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?
- Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
- They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
- Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
- Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
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- I gave him the wasteland as his home, the salt flats as his habitat.
- He laughs at the commotion in the town; he does not hear a driver's shout.
- He ranges the hills for his pasture and searches for any green thing.
- "Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
- Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he till the valleys behind you?
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- Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
- He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
- The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
- Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
- Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
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- Will you rely on him for his great strength? Will you leave your heavy work to him?
- Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
- "The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but they cannot compare with the pinions and feathers of the stork.
- She lays her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand,
- unmindful that a foot may crush them, that some wild animal may trample them.
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- Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
- Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
- Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
- Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
- And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
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- She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers; she cares not that her labor was in vain,
- for God did not endow her with wisdom or give her a share of good sense.
- Yet when she spreads her feathers to run, she laughs at horse and rider.
- "Do you give the horse his strength or clothe his neck with a flowing mane?
- Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?
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- She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: her labour is in vain without fear;
- Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
- What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
- Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
- Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
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- He paws fiercely, rejoicing in his strength, and charges into the fray.
- He laughs at fear, afraid of nothing; he does not shy away from the sword.
- The quiver rattles against his side, along with the flashing spear and lance.
- In frenzied excitement he eats up the ground; he cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.
- At the blast of the trumpet he snorts, 'Aha!' He catches the scent of battle from afar, the shout of commanders and the battle cry.
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- He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
- He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
- The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
- He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
- 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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- "Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom and spread his wings toward the south?
- Does the eagle soar at your command and build his nest on high?
- He dwells on a cliff and stays there at night; a rocky crag is his stronghold.
- From there he seeks out his food; his eyes detect it from afar.
- His young ones feast on blood, and where the slain are, there is he."
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- Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
- Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
- She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
- From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
- Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
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