| 章 |
| 39:1 |
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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| 39:2 |
Canst thou number the months [that] they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
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| 39:3 |
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
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| 39:4 |
Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not to them.
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| 39:5 |
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
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| 39:6 |
Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
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| 39:7 |
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
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| 39:8 |
The range of the mountains [is] his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
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| 39:9 |
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
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| 39:10 |
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
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| 39:11 |
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength [is] great? or wilt thou leave thy labor to him?
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| 39:12 |
Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather [it into] thy barn?
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| 39:13 |
[Gavest thou] the goodly wings to the peacocks? or wings and feathers to the ostrich!
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| 39:14 |
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,
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| 39:15 |
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
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| 39:16 |
She is hardened against her young ones, as though [they were] not hers: her labor is in vain without fear;
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| 39:17 |
Because God hath withheld wisdom from her, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
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| 39:18 |
When she lifteth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
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| 39:19 |
Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
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| 39:20 |
Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils [is] terrible.
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| 39:21 |
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
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| 39:22 |
He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
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| 39:23 |
The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
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| 39:24 |
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that [it is] the sound of the trumpet.
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| 39:25 |
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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| 39:26 |
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, [and] stretch her wings towards the south?
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| 39:27 |
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
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| 39:28 |
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
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| 39:29 |
From thence she seeketh the prey, [and] her eyes behold afar off.
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| 39:30 |
Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain [are], there [is] she.
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