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Job 39

30 aligned verses; 30 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth ? `Or' canst thou mark when the hinds do calve ?
“Do you know when mountain goats give birth ? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn ?
Canst thou number the months that they fulfil ? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth ?
Can you count the months they are pregnant ? Do you know the time they give birth ?
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young , They cast out their pains .
They crouch down and bring forth their young ; they deliver their newborn .
Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; They go forth, and return not again .
Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return .
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,
Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?
Whose home I have made the wilderness , And the salt land his dwelling -place?
I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling .
He scorneth the tumult of the city , Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.
He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.
He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.
Will the wild - ox be content to serve thee ? Or will he abide by thy crib ?
Will the wild ox consent to serve you ? Will he stay by your manger at night ?
Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee ?
Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness ? Will he plow the valleys behind you ?
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor ?
Can you rely on his great strength ? Will you leave your hard work to him?
Wilt thou confide in him , that he will bring home thy seed, And gather `the grain' of thy threshing - floor?
Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; ` But ' are they the pinions and plumage of love?
The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.
For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust,
For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them.
She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.
She dealeth hardly with her young ones , as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain , `she is' without fear;
She treats her young harshly , as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain .
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom , Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
For God has deprived her of wisdom ; He has not endowed her with understanding.
What time she lifteth up herself on high , She scorneth the horse and his rider.
Yet when she proudly spreads her wings , she laughs at the horse and its rider.
Hast thou given the horse `his' might? Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?
Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?
Hast thou made him to leap as a locust ? The glory of his snorting is terrible.
Do you make him leap like a locust , striking terror with his proud snorting ?
He paweth in the valley , and rejoiceth in his strength : He goeth out to meet the armed men .
He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength ; he charges into battle .
He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed ; Neither turneth he back from the sword.
He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing ; he does not turn back from the sword.
The quiver rattleth against him , The flashing spear and the javelin .
A quiver rattles at his side , along with a flashing spear and lance .
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage ; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet .
Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance ; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds .
As oft as the trumpet `soundeth' he saith , Aha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains , and the shouting .
At 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 .
Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, ( And ) stretcheth her wings toward the south?
Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?
Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high?
Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?
On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff , and the stronghold.
He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag .
From thence she spieth out the prey ; Her eyes behold it afar off .
From there he spies out food ; his eyes see it from afar.
Her young ones also suck up blood : And where the slain are, there is she .
His young ones feast on blood ; and where the slain are, there he is.

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