Le Livre de Job
Chapître 39
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- Knowest1 thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth?2 [or] canst thou mark4 when the hinds do calve?31
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- Canst thou number4 the months [that] they fulfil?17 or knowest1 thou the time when they bring forth?2
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- They bow4 themselves, they bring forth17 their young ones, they cast out17 their sorrows.
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- Their young ones are in good liking,4 they grow up4 with corn; they go forth,1 and return1 not unto them.
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- Who hath sent out14 the wild ass free? or who hath loosed14 the bands of the wild ass?
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- Whose house I have made1 the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
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- He scorneth4 the multitude of the city, neither regardeth4 he the crying of the driver.6
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- The range of the mountains [is] his pasture, and he searcheth4 after every green thing.
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- Will the unicorn be willing4 to serve2 thee, or abide4 by thy crib?
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- Canst thou bind4 the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow17 the valleys after thee?
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- Wilt thou trust4 him, because his strength [is] great? or wilt thou leave4 thy labour to him?
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- Wilt thou believe55 him, that he will bring55 7725 4 home thy seed, and gather4 [it into] thy barn?
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- [Gavest thou] the goodly wings unto the peacocks?8 or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
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- Which leaveth4 her eggs in the earth, and warmeth17 them in dust,
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- And forgetteth4 that the foot may crush4 them, or that the wild beast may break4 them.
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- She is hardened52 against her young ones, as though [they were] not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
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- Because God hath deprived52 her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted1 to her understanding.
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- What time she lifteth up55 herself on high, she scorneth4 the horse and his rider.6
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- Hast thou given4 the horse strength? hast thou clothed55 his neck with thunder?
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- Canst thou make him afraid55 as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils [is] terrible.
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- He paweth4 in the valley, and rejoiceth4 in [his] strength: he goeth on4 to meet2 the armed men.
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- He mocketh4 at fear, and is not affrighted;11 neither turneth he back4 from the sword.
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- The quiver rattleth4 against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
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- He swalloweth17 the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth55 he that [it is] the sound of the trumpet.
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- He saith4 among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth55 the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
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- Doth the hawk fly55 by thy wisdom, [and] stretch4 her wings toward the south?
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- Doth the eagle mount up55 at thy command, and make her nest on high?55
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- She dwelleth4 and abideth118 on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
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- From thence she seeketh1 the prey, [and] her eyes behold55 afar off.
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- Her young ones also suck up17 blood: and where the slain [are], there [is] she.