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1. "Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?
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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. Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?
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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. They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They end their labor pains.
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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 ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go forth, and don't return again.
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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 has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,
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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. Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?
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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 scorns the tumult of the city, Neither hears he the shouting of the driver.
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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. The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches 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. "Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?
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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. Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?
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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. Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?
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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. Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, And gather the grain of your 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. "The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the feathers and plumage of love?
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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 she leaves her eggs on the earth, Warms them in 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 forgets that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild animal may 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 deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is 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. Because God has deprived her of wisdom, Neither has he imparted to her 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. When she lifts up herself on high, She scorns 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. "Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?
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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. Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.
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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 in the valley, and rejoices in his strength: He goes out to meet the armed men.
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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 mocks at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither does he 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 quiver rattles against him, The flashing spear and the javelin.
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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. He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, Neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
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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. As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, 'Aha!' He smells the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
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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. "Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, And stretches her wings toward 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. Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, And makes his nest on high?
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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 the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, On the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.
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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 he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.
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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. His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is."
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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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