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Job 39 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

Job 39:1"Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?
Job 39:2Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?
Job 39:3They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They end their labor pains.
Job 39:4Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go forth, and don't return again.
Job 39:5"Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,
Job 39:6Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?
Job 39:7He scorns the tumult of the city, Neither hears he the shouting of the driver.
Job 39:8The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches after every green thing.
Job 39:9"Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?
Job 39:10Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?
Job 39:11Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?
Job 39:12Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, And gather the grain of your threshing floor?
Job 39:13"The wings of the bas haya`anah wave proudly; But are they the feathers and plumage of love?
Job 39:14For she leaves her eggs on the eretz, Warms them in the dust,
Job 39:15And forgets that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild animal may trample them.
Job 39:16She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,
Job 39:17Because God has deprived her of wisdom, Neither has he imparted to her understanding.
Job 39:18When she lifts up herself on high, She scorns the horse and his rider.
Job 39:19"Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?
Job 39:20Have you made him to leap as a arbeh? The glory of his snorting is awesome.
Job 39:21He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength: He goes out to meet the armed men.
Job 39:22He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither does he turn back from the sword.
Job 39:23The quiver rattles against him, The flashing spear and the javelin.
Job 39:24He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, Neither does he stand still at the sound of the shofar.
Job 39:25As often as the shofar sounds he snorts, 'Aha!' He smells the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Job 39:26"Is it by your wisdom that the netz soars, And stretches her wings toward the south?
Job 39:27Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, And makes his nest on high?
Job 39:28On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, On the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.
Job 39:29From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.
Job 39:30His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is."
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