| 章 |
| 39:1 |
Hast thou known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? The bringing forth of hinds thou dost mark!
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| 39:2 |
Thou dost number the months they fulfil? And thou hast known the time of their bringing forth!
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| 39:3 |
They bow down, Their young ones they bring forth safely, Their pangs they cast forth.
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| 39:4 |
Safe are their young ones, They grow up in the field, they have gone out, And have not returned to them.
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| 39:5 |
Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened?
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| 39:6 |
Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,
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| 39:7 |
He doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not.
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| 39:8 |
The range of mountains [is] his pasture, And after every green thing he seeketh.
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| 39:9 |
Is a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib?
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| 39:10 |
Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow [with] his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?
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| 39:11 |
Dost thou trust in him because great [is] his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour?
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| 39:12 |
Dost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And [to] thy threshing-floor doth gather [it]?
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| 39:13 |
The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.
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| 39:14 |
For she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them,
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| 39:15 |
And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down.
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| 39:16 |
Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain [is] her labour without fear.
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| 39:17 |
For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her in understanding:
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| 39:18 |
At the time on high she lifteth herself up, She laugheth at the horse and at his rider.
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| 39:19 |
Dost thou give to the horse might? Dost thou clothe his neck [with] a mane?
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| 39:20 |
Dost thou cause him to rush as a locust? The majesty of his snorting [is] terrible.
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| 39:21 |
They dig in a valley, and he rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour.
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| 39:22 |
He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted, And he turneth not back from the face of the sword.
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| 39:23 |
Against him rattle doth quiver, The flame of a spear, and a halbert.
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| 39:24 |
With trembling and rage he swalloweth the ground, And remaineth not stedfast Because of the sound of a trumpet.
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| 39:25 |
Among the trumpets he saith, Aha, And from afar he doth smell battle, Roaring of princes and shouting.
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| 39:26 |
By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?
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| 39:27 |
At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest?
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| 39:28 |
A rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.
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| 39:29 |
From thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively,
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| 39:30 |
And his brood gulph up blood, And where the pierced [are] -- there [is] he!
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