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1. Say if thou knowest the time of the bringing forth of the wild goats of the rock, and if thou hast marked the calving of the hinds:
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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. and if thou has hast numbered the full months of their being with young, and if thou hast relieved their pangs:
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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. and hast reared their young without fear; and wilt thou loosen their pangs?
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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 young will break forth; they will be multiplied with offspring: their young will go forth, and will not return to them.
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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. And who is he that sent forth the wild ass free? and who loosed his bands?
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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. whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, and the salt land his coverts.
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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. He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, and hears not the chiding of the tax-gatherer.
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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. He will survey the mountains as his pasture, and he seeks after every green thing.
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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. And will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or to lie down at thy manger?
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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. And wilt thou bind his yoke with thongs, or will he plough furrows for thee in the plain?
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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. And dost thou trust him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou commit thy works to him?
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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. And wilt thou believe that he will return to thee thy seed, and bring it in to thy threshing-floor?
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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. Gr. a wing of delighted ones is the peacock; terpomenwn: The LXX seem to have caught at the meaning of Nnr jubilavit, from which comes the word here used Mynnr struthiones; neelassa: Hebrew holen, part. niph. fem. of ole laetatus est. asida hdox ciconia nessa huwn penna (qy. item struthiocamelus); "The peacock’s wing is proudly spread; Is the ostrich also, if it conceive, like the stork? For," . The stork according to tradition being the pious bird, the ostrich the contrary; —C. Pridham The peacock has a beautiful wing: if the stork and the ostrich conceive, it is worthy of notice,
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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. for the ostrich will leave her eggs in the ground, and warm them on the dust,
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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. and has forgotten that the foot will scatter them, and the wild beasts of the field trample 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. She has Or, has cruelly rejected her young ones hardened herself against her young ones, as though she bereaved not herself: she labours in vain without fear.
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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. For God has Gr. caused wisdom to be silent to her withholden wisdom from her, and not given her a portion in understanding.
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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. In her season she will lift herself on high; she will scorn the horse and his rider.
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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. Hast thou invested the horse with strength, and clothed his neck with terror?
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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. And hast thou clad him in perfect armour, and made his breast glorious with courage?
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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. He paws exulting in the plain, and goes forth in strength into the plain.
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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. He laughs to scorn Alex. a weapon a king as he meets him, and will by no means turn back from the sword.
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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 bow and sword resound against him; and his rage will Gr. cause to vanish swallow up the ground:
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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. and he will not believe until the trumpet sounds.
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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. And when the trumpet sounds, he says, Aha! and afar off he smells the war with prancing and neighing.
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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. And does the hawk remain steady by thy wisdom, having spread out her wings unmoved, looking toward the region of the 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. And does the eagle rise at thy command, and the vulture remain sitting over his nest,
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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. on a crag of a rock, and in a secret place?
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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. Thence he seeks food, his eyes observe from far.
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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. And his young ones roll themselves in blood, and wherever the carcasses may be, immediately they are found.
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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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31. And the Lord God answered Job, and said,
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32. Will any one pervert judgement with the Mighty One? and he that reproves God, let him return Gr. sc. judgement it for answer.
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33. And Job answered and said to the Lord,
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34. Why do I yet plead? being rebuked Alex. and being reproved of the Lord even while reproving the Lord: hearing such things, whereas I am nothing: and what shall I answer to these arguments? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
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35. I have spoken once; but I will not do so a second time.
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