1“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?“Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?2Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?Can you count the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?3They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn.They bow themselves. They bear their young. They end their labor pains.They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They cast out their pains.4Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go out, and don’t return again.Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; They go forth, and return not again.5Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?“Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,6I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place?Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?7He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.8He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.The range of the mountains is his pasture. He searches after every green thing.The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.9Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?“Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?10Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?11Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor?12Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor?Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gather the grain of thy threshing-floor?13The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the feathers and plumage of love?Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the pinions and plumage of love?14For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust,Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust,15She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them.And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them.16She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain, she is without fear;17For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.18Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider.19Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?“Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?Hast thou given the horse his might? Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?20Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible.21He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men.He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth out to meet the armed men.22He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword.He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither turneth he back from the sword.23A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance.The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin.The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.The quiver rattleth against him, The flashing spear and the javelin.24Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet.25At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar, the shouts of captains and the cry of war.As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.As oft as the trumpet soundeth he saith, Aha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.26Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?“Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, And stretcheth her wings toward the south?27Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high?28He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.On the cliff he dwells and makes his home, on the point of the cliff and the stronghold.She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.29From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.From thence she spieth out the prey; Her eyes behold it afar off.30His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is.”Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.Her young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she.
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