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1. "Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch the deer giving birth?
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1. Knowest H3045 thou the time H6256 when the wild goats H3277 of the rock H5553 bring forth H3205 ? or canst thou mark H8104 when the hinds H355 do calve H2342 ?
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2. Can you number the months that they carry their young? Or do you know the time when their young are born?
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2. Canst thou number H5608 the months H3391 that they fulfill H4390 ? or knowest H3045 thou the time H6256 when they bring forth H3205 ?
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3. They get down and give birth to their young, and get rid of their pains.
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3. They bow H3766 themselves , they bring forth H6398 their young ones H3206 , they cast out H7971 their sorrows H2256 .
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4. Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They leave and do not return to them.
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4. Their young ones H1121 are in good liking H2492 , they grow up H7235 with corn H1250 ; they go forth H3318 , and return H7725 not H3808 unto them.
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5. "Who has let the wild donkey go free? Who has taken off the ropes which held the fast donkey?
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5. Who H4310 hath sent out H7971 the wild ass H6501 free H2670 ? or who H4310 hath loosed H6605 the bands H4147 of the wild ass H6171 ?
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6. I gave him the desert for a home, and the salt land for a place to live.
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6. Whose H834 house H1004 I have made H7760 the wilderness H6160 , and the barren land H4420 his dwellings H4908 .
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7. He hates the noise of the city. He does not hear the calls of the man who drives him.
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7. He scorneth H7832 the multitude H1995 of the city H7151 , neither H3808 regardeth H8085 he the crying H8663 of the driver H5065 .
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8. He goes looking for grass to eat on the mountains. He looks for every green thing.
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8. The range H3491 of the mountains H2022 is his pasture H4829 , and he searcheth H1875 after H310 every H3605 green thing H3387 .
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9. Will the wild ox be willing to serve you? Will he stay through the night by the food you give him to eat?
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9. Will the unicorn H7214 be willing H14 to serve H5647 thee, or H518 abide H3885 by H5921 thy crib H18 ?
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10. Can you tie the wild ox to a plow in the field? Will he follow you to plow the valleys?
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10. Canst thou bind H7194 the unicorn H7214 with his band H5688 in the furrow H8525 ? or H518 will he harrow H7702 the valleys H6010 after H310 thee?
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11. Will you trust in him because he is very strong, and leave your work to him?
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11. Wilt thou trust H982 him, because H3588 his strength H3581 is great H7227 ? or wilt thou leave H5800 thy labor H3018 to H413 him?
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12. Will you trust him to return and bring your grain to your grain-floor?
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12. Wilt thou believe H539 him, that H3588 he will bring home H7725 thy seed H2233 , and gather H622 it into thy barn H1637 ?
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13. "The wings of the ostrich wave with joy, but are they the wings of love?
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13. Gavest thou the goodly H5965 wings H3671 unto the peacocks H7443 ? or H518 wings H84 and feathers H2624 unto the ostrich H5133 ?
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14. For she leaves her eggs to the earth and lets them get warm in the dust.
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14. Which H3588 leaveth H5800 her eggs H1000 in the earth H776 , and warmeth H2552 them in H5921 dust H6083 ,
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15. She forgets that a foot might crush them, or that the wild animal may step on them.
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15. And forgetteth H7911 that H3588 the foot H7272 may crush H2115 them , or that the wild H7704 beast H2416 may break H1758 them.
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16. She is bad in the way she acts toward her young, as if they were not hers. Her work of giving birth is for nothing, for she does not care.
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16. She is hardened H7188 against her young ones H1121 , as though they were not H3808 hers : her labor H3018 is in vain H7385 without H1097 fear H6343 ;
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17. Because God has not given her wisdom or her share of understanding.
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17. Because H3588 God H433 hath deprived H5382 her of wisdom H2451 , neither H3808 hath he imparted H2505 to her understanding H998 .
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18. When she begins to run, she laughs at the horse and the horseman.
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18. What time H6256 she lifteth up herself H4754 on high H4791 , she scorneth H7832 the horse H5483 and his rider H7392 .
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19. "Do you give the horse his strength? Do you dress his neck with long hair?
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19. Hast thou given H5414 the horse H5483 strength H1369 ? hast thou clothed H3847 his neck H6677 with thunder H7483 ?
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20. Do you make him jump like the locust? The powerful noise he makes with his nostrils fills men with fear.
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20. Canst thou make him afraid H7493 as a grasshopper H697 ? the glory H1935 of his nostrils H5170 is terrible H367 .
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21. He hits his foot against the ground in the valley, and has joy in his strength. He goes out to meet the battle.
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21. He paweth H2658 in the valley H6010 , and rejoiceth H7797 in his strength H3581 : he goeth on H3318 to meet H7125 the armed men H5402 .
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22. He laughs at fear and is not afraid. He does not turn back from the sword.
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22. He mocketh H7832 at fear H6343 , and is not H3808 frightened H2865 ; neither H3808 turneth he back H7725 from H4480 H6440 the sword H2719 .
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23. The arrows and spears he carries make noise as they hit together.
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23. The quiver H827 rattleth H7439 against H5921 him , the glittering H3851 spear H2595 and the shield H3591 .
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24. He runs fast over the ground with shaking and anger. He cannot stand still at the sound of the horn.
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24. He swalloweth H1572 the ground H776 with fierceness H7494 and rage H7267 : neither H3808 believeth H539 he that H3588 it is the sound H6963 of the trumpet H7782 .
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25. When the horn sounds, he laughs without fear. He smells the battle from far away. He hears the thunder of the captains, and the war cry.
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25. He saith H559 among H1767 the trumpets H7782 , Ha, ha H1889 ; and he smelleth H7306 the battle H4421 afar off H4480 H7350 , the thunder H7482 of the captains H8269 , and the shouting H8643 .
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26. "Is it by your understanding that the hawk flies, spreading his wings toward the south?
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26. Doth the hawk H5322 fly H82 by thy wisdom H4480 H998 , and stretch H6566 her wings H3671 toward the south H8486 ?
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27. Is it because the eagle is obeying you that he flies high and makes his nest in a high place?
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27. Doth the eagle H5404 mount up H1361 at H5921 thy command H6310 , and make her nest on high H7311 H7064 ?
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28. He lives on a high rock. His strong place is on the mountain-top that is hard to reach.
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28. She dwelleth H7931 and abideth H3885 on the rock H5553 , upon H5921 the crag H8127 of the rock H5553 , and the strong place H4686 .
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29. From there he looks for his food. His eyes see it from far away.
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29. From thence H4480 H8033 she seeketh H2658 the prey H400 , and her eyes H5869 behold H5027 afar off H4480 H7350 .
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30. He is where dead bodies are and his young ones drink the blood."
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30. Her young ones H667 also suck up H5966 blood H1818 : and where H834 the slain H2491 are , there H8033 is she H1931 .
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