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1. "Do you know when the mountain goats are born? Do you watch when the mother deer gives 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. Do you know how many months they must carry their babies? Do you know when it is the right time for them to be 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. These animals lie down, they feel their birth pains, and their babies are born.
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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 babies grow strong out in the wild. Then they leave their mothers and never come back.
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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 let the wild donkeys go free? Who untied their ropes and let them loose?
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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 let the wild donkey have the desert for a home. I gave the salt lands to them 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. They are happy to be away from the noise of the city. They never have to listen to their drivers shouting at them.
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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. They live in the mountains. That is their pasture. That is where they look for food to eat.
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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 a wild bull agree to serve you? Will he stay in your barn at night?
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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. Will he let you put ropes on him to plow your fields?
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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. A wild bull is very strong, but can you trust him to do your work?
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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. Can you trust him to gather your grain and bring it to your threshing place?
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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. "An ostrich gets excited and flaps its wings, but it cannot fly. Its wings and feathers are not like the wings of a stork.
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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. An ostrich lays her eggs on the ground and lets the sand keep them warm.
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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. The ostrich forgets that someone might step on her eggs or that a wild animal might break 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. An ostrich leaves her little babies. She treats them as if they were not her own. If her babies die, she does not care that all her work was for nothing.
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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. That's because I did not give wisdom to the ostrich. She is foolish, and I made her that way.
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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. But when the ostrich gets up to run, she laughs at the horse and its rider, because she can run faster than any horse.
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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. "Did you give the horse its strength? Did you put the mane on its neck?
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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. Did you make it able to jump like a locust or snort so loudly that it scares people?
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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. A horse is happy to be so strong. It scratches the ground with its foot and runs into 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. It laughs at fear; nothing makes it afraid! It does not run away from battle.
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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 soldier's quiver shakes on the horse's side. The spear and weapons its rider carries shine in the sun.
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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. The horse gets very excited and races over the ground. When it hears the trumpet blow, it cannot stand still.
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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 trumpet sounds, it snorts, 'Hurray!' It can smell the battle from far away and hear the shouts of commanders with all the other sounds of battle.
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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. "Did you teach the hawk how to spread its wings and fly 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. Are you the one who told the eagle to fly high into the sky? Did you tell it to build its nest high in the mountains?
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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. It lives high on a peak at the top of a cliff. That is its fortress.
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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 it looks far into the distance, searching for its food.
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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. The eagles gather around dead bodies, and their young eat 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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