Job 39:1-30
The LORD Speaks of His Creation

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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2 Canst thou number the months [that] they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

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3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.

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4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.

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5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

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6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

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7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.

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8 The range of the mountains [is] his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

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9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

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10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

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11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength [is] great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

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12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather [it into] thy barn?

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13 [Gavest thou] the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

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14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,

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15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.

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16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though [they were] not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

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17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

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18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

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19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?

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20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils [is] terrible.

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21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.

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22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.

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23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.

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24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that [it is] the sound of the trumpet.

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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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26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, [and] stretch her wings toward the south?

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27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

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28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.

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29 From thence she seeketh the prey, [and] her eyes behold afar off.

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30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain [are], there [is] she.

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