Job39

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(Job 39:1) Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? {or} canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
(Job 39:2) Canst thou number the months {that} they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
(Job 39:3) They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
(Job 39:4) Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
(Job 39:5) Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
(Job 39:6) Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
(Job 39:7) He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
(Job 39:8) The range of the mountains {is} his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
(Job 39:9) Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
(Job 39:10) Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
(Job 39:11) Wilt thou trust him, because his strength {is} great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
(Job 39:12) Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather {it into} thy barn?
(Job 39:13) {Gavest thou} the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
(Job 39:14) Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
(Job 39:15) And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
(Job 39:16) She is hardened against her young ones, as though {they were} not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
(Job 39:17) Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
(Job 39:18) What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
(Job 39:19) Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
(Job 39:20) Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils {is} terrible.
(Job 39:21) He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in {his} strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
(Job 39:22) He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
(Job 39:23) The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
(Job 39:24) He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that {it is} the sound of the trumpet.
(Job 39:25) He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
(Job 39:26) Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, {and} stretch her wings toward the south?
(Job 39:27) Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
(Job 39:28) She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
(Job 39:29) From thence she seeketh the prey, {and} her eyes behold afar off.
(Job 39:30) Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain {are}, there {is} she.
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