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  39:1 ¶
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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39:1 ¶
Knowestºº
thou the timeº
when the wild goatsº
of the rockº
bring forth?ºº
[or] canst thou markºº
when the hindsº
do calve?ºº |
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39:2
Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? |
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39:2
Canst thou numberºº
the monthsº
[that] they fulfil?ºº
or knowestºº
thou the timeº
when they bring forth?ºº |
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39:3
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They cast out their pains. |
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39:3
They bowºº
themselves, they bring forthºº
their young ones,º
they cast outºº
their sorrows.º |
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39:4
Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; They go forth, and return not again. |
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39:4
Their young onesº
are in good liking,ºº
they grow upºº
with corn;º
they go forth,ºº
and returnºº
notº
unto them. |
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39:5
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass, |
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39:5
Whoº
hath sent outºº
the wild assº
free?º
or whoº
hath loosedºº
the bandsº
of the wild ass?º |
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39:6
Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place? |
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39:6
Whoseº
houseº
I have madeºº
the wilderness,º
and the barrenº
landº
his dwellings.º |
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39:7
He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver. |
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39:7
He scornethºº
the multitudeº
of the city,º
neitherº
regardethºº
he the cryingº
of the driver.ºº |
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39:8
The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing. |
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39:8
The rangeº
of the mountainsº
[is] his pasture,º
and he searchethºº
afterº
everyº
green thing.º |
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39:9
Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib? |
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39:9
Will the unicornº
be willingºº
to serveºº
thee, orº
abideºº
byº
thy crib?º |
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39:10
Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee? |
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39:10
Canst thou bindºº
the unicornº
with his bandº
in the furrow?º
orº
will he harrowºº
the valleysº
afterº
thee? |
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39:11
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor? |
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39:11
Wilt thou trustºº
him, becauseº
his strengthº
[is] great?º
or wilt thou leaveºº
thy labourº
toº
him? |
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39:12
Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gather [the grain] of thy threshing-floor? |
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39:12
Wilt thou believeºº
him, thatº
he will bring homeºººº
thy seed,º
and gatherºº
[it into] thy barn?º |
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39:13
The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; [But] are they the pinions and plumage of love? |
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39:13
[Gavest thou] the goodlyºº
wingsº
unto the peacocks?ººº
orº
wingsº
and feathersº
unto the ostrich?º |
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39:14
For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, |
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39:14
Whichº
leavethºº
her eggsº
in the earth,º
and warmethºº
them inº
dust,º |
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39:15
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them. |
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39:15
And forgettethºº
thatº
the footº
may crushºº
them, or that the wildº
beastº
may breakºº
them. |
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39:16
She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain, [she is] without fear; |
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39:16
She is hardenedºº
against her young ones,º
as though [they were] notº
hers: her labourº
is in vainº
withoutº
fear;º |
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39:17
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding. |
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39:17
Becauseº
Godº
hath deprivedºº
her of wisdom,º
neitherº
hath he impartedºº
to her understanding.º |
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39:18
What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider. |
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39:18
What timeº
she lifteth upºº
herselfº
on high,º
she scornethºº
the horseº
and his rider.ºº |
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39:19
Hast thou given the horse [his] might? Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane? |
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39:19
Hast thou givenºº
the horseº
strength?º
hast thou clothedºº
his neckº
with thunder?º |
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39:20
Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible. |
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39:20
Canst thou make him afraidºº
as a grasshopper?º
the gloryº
of his nostrilsº
[is] terrible.º |
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39:21
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth out to meet the armed men. |
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39:21
He pawethºº
in the valley,º
and rejoicethºº
in [his] strength:º
he goeth onºº
to meetºº
the armed men.º |
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39:22
He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither turneth he back from the sword. |
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39:22
He mockethºº
at fear,º
and is notº
affrighted;ºº
neitherº
turneth he backºº
fromºº
the sword.º |
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39:23
The quiver rattleth against him, The flashing spear and the javelin. |
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39:23
The quiverº
rattlethºº
againstº
him, the glitteringº
spearº
and the shield.º |
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39:24
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet. |
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39:24
He swallowethºº
the groundº
with fiercenessº
and rage:º
neitherº
believethºº
he thatº
[it is] the soundº
of the trumpet.º |
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39:25
As oft as the trumpet [soundeth] he saith, Aha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting. |
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39:25
He saithºº
amongº
the trumpets,º
Ha,º
ha;º
and he smellethºº
the battleº
afar off,ºº
the thunderº
of the captains,º
and the shouting.º |
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39:26
Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, (And) stretcheth her wings toward the south? |
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39:26
Doth the hawkº
flyºº
by thy wisdom,ºº
[and] stretchºº
her wingsº
toward the south?º |
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39:27
Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high? |
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39:27
Doth the eagleº
mount upºº
atº
thy command,º
and makeºº
her nestº
on high?ººº |
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39:28
On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold. |
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39:28
She dwellethºº
and abidethºº
on the rock,º
uponº
the cragº
of the rock,º
and the strong place.º |
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39:29
From thence she spieth out the prey; Her eyes behold it afar off. |
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39:29
From thenceºº
she seekethºº
the prey,º
[and] her eyesº
beholdºº
afar off.ºº |
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39:30
Her young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she. |
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39:30
Her young onesº
also suck upºº
blood:º
and whereº
the slainº
[are], thereº
[is] she.º |
