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| 1"Are you acquainted with the way the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young? | 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 2Do you count the months they must fulfill, and do you know the time they give birth? | 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 3They crouch, they bear their young, they bring forth the offspring they have carried. | 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 4Their young grow strong, and grow up in the open; they go off, and do not return to them. | 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 5Who let the wild donkey go free? Who released the bonds of the donkey, | 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 6to whom I appointed the steppe for its home, the salt wastes as its dwelling place? | 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 7It scorns the tumult in the town; it does not hear the shouts of a driver. | 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 8It ranges the hills as its pasture, and searches after every green plant. | 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 9Is the wild ox willing to be your servant? Will it spend the night at your feeding trough? | 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 10Can you bind the wild ox to a furrow with its rope, will it till the valleys, following after you? | 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 11Will you rely on it because its strength is great? Will you commit your labor to it? | 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 12Can you count on it to bring in your grain, and gather the grain to your threshing floor? | 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 13"The wings of the ostrich flap with joy, but are they the pinions and plumage of a stork? | 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 14For she leaves her eggs on the ground, and lets them be warmed on the soil. | 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 15She forgets that a foot might crush them, or that a wild animal might trample them. | 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 16She is harsh with her young, as if they were not hers; she is unconcerned about the uselessness of her labor. | 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 17For God deprived her of wisdom, and did not impart understanding to her. | 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 18But as soon as she springs up, she laughs at the horse and its rider. | 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 19"Do you give the horse its strength? Do you clothe its neck with a mane? | 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 20Do you make it leap like a locust? Its proud neighing is terrifying! | 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 21It paws the ground in the valley, exulting mightily, it goes out to meet the weapons. | 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 22It laughs at fear and is not dismayed; it does not shy away from the sword. | 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 23On it the quiver rattles; the lance and javelin flash. | 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 24In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet is blown. | 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 25At the sound of the trumpet, it says, 'Aha!' And from a distance it catches the scent of battle, the thunderous shouting of commanders, and the battle cries. | 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 26"Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, and spreads its wings toward the south? | 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 27Is it at your command that the eagle soars, and builds its nest on high? | 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 28It lives on a rock and spends the night there, on a rocky crag and a fortress. | 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 29From there it spots its prey, its eyes gaze intently from a distance. | 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 30And its young ones devour the blood, and where the dead carcasses are, there it is." | 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
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