1Knowest[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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Canst thou number[H5608] the months[H3391] that they fulfil?[H4390] or knowest[H3045] thou the time[H6256] when they bring forth?[H3205]
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They bow[H3766] themselves, they bring forth[H6398] their young ones[H3206], they cast out[H7971] their sorrows[H2256].
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Their young ones[H1121] are in good liking[H2492], they grow up[H7235] with corn[H1250]; they go forth[H3318], and return[H7725] not unto them.
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Who hath sent out[H7971] the wild ass[H6501]free?[H2670] or who hath loosed[H6605] the bands[H4147] of the wild ass?[H6171]
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Whose house[H1004] I have made[H7760] the wilderness[H6160], and the barren[H4420] land his dwellings[H4908].
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He scorneth[H7832] the multitude[H1995] of the city[H7151], neither regardeth[H8085] he the crying[H8663] of the driver[H5065].
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The range[H3491] of the mountains[H2022] is his pasture[H4829], and he searcheth[H1875]after[H310] every green thing[H3387].
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Will the unicorn[H7214] be willing[H14] to serve[H5647] thee, or abide[H3885] by thy crib?[H18]
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Canst thou bind[H7194] the unicorn[H7214] with his band[H5688] in the furrow?[H8525] or will he harrow[H7702] the valleys[H6010]after[H310] thee?
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Wilt thou trust[H982] him, because his strength[H3581] is great?[H7227] or wilt thou leave[H5800] thy labour[H3018] to him?
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Wilt thou believe[H539] him, that he will bring home[H7725] thy seed[H2233], and gather[H622] it into thy barn?[H1637]
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Gavest thou the goodly[H7443]wings[H3671] unto the peacocks?[H5965] or wings[H84] and feathers[H2624] unto the ostrich?[H5133]
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Which leaveth[H5800] her eggs[H1000] in the earth[H776], and warmeth[H2552] them in dust[H6083],
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And forgetteth[H7911] that the foot[H7272] may crush[H2115] them, or that the wild[H7704]beast[H2416] may break[H1758] them.
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She is hardened[H7188] against her young ones[H1121], as though they were not[H3808] hers: her labour[H3018] is in vain[H7385] without fear[H6343];
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Because God[H433] hath deprived[H5382] her of wisdom[H2451], neither hath he imparted[H2505] to her understanding[H998].
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What time[H6256] she lifteth up[H4754] herself on high[H4791], she scorneth[H7832] the horse[H5483] and his rider[H7392].
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Hast thou given[H5414] the horse[H5483]strength?[H1369] hast thou clothed[H3847] his neck[H6677] with thunder?[H7483]
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Canst thou make him afraid[H7493] as a grasshopper?[H697] the glory[H1935] of his nostrils[H5170] is terrible[H367].
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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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He mocketh[H7832] at fear[H6343], and is not affrighted[H2865]; neither turneth he back[H7725]from[H6440] the sword[H2719].
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The quiver[H827]rattleth[H7439] against him, the glittering[H3851]spear[H2595] and the shield[H3591].
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He swalloweth[H1572] the ground[H776] with fierceness[H7494] and rage[H7267]: neither believeth[H539] he that it is the sound[H6963] of the trumpet[H7782].
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He saith[H559]among[H1767] the trumpets[H7782], Ha[H1889], ha[H1889]; and he smelleth[H7306] the battle[H4421] afar off[H7350], the thunder[H7482] of the captains[H8269], and the shouting[H8643].
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Doth the hawk[H5322]fly[H82] by thy wisdom[H998], and stretch[H6566] her wings[H3671] toward the south?[H8486]
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Doth the eagle[H5404] mount up[H1361] at thy command[H6310], and make[H7311] her nest[H7064] on high?[H7311]
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She dwelleth[H7931] and abideth[H3885] on the rock[H5553], upon the crag[H8127] of the rock[H5553], and the strong place[H4686].
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From thence she seeketh[H2658] the prey[H400], and her eyes[H5869]behold[H5027] afar off[H7350].
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Her young ones[H667] also suck up[H5966]blood[H1818]: and where the slain[H2491] are, there is she[H1931].