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