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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.38.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.38.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.38.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who is this that obscures my plans</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.38.2"><span class="content">with words without knowledge?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.38.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.38.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Brace yourself like a man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.38.3"><span class="content">I will question you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.38.3"><span class="content">and you shall answer me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.38.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.38.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Where were you when I laid the earth&#8217;s foundation?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.38.4"><span class="content">Tell me, if you understand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.38.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.38.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.38.5"><span class="content">Who stretched a measuring line across it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.38.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.38.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On what were its footings set,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.38.6"><span class="content">or who laid its cornerstone&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.38.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.38.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">while the morning stars sang together</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.38.7"><span class="content">and all the angels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:7 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">the sons of God</span></span></span><span class="content"> shouted for joy?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.38.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.38.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who shut up the sea behind doors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.38.8"><span class="content">when it burst forth from the womb,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.38.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.38.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">when I made the clouds its garment</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.38.9"><span class="content">and wrapped it in thick darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.38.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.38.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">when I fixed limits for it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.38.10"><span class="content">and set its doors and bars in place,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.38.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.38.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">when I said, &#8216;This far you may come and no farther;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.38.11"><span class="content">here is where your proud waves halt&#8217;?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.38.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.38.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have you ever given orders to the morning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.38.12"><span class="content">or shown the dawn its place,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.38.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.38.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">that it might take the earth by the edges</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.38.13"><span class="content">and shake the wicked out of it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.38.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.38.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.38.14"><span class="content">its features stand out like those of a garment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.38.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.38.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The wicked are denied their light,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.38.15"><span class="content">and their upraised arm is broken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.38.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.38.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.38.16"><span class="content">or walked in the recesses of the deep?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.38.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.38.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Have the gates of death been shown to you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.38.17"><span class="content">Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.38.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.38.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.38.18"><span class="content">Tell me, if you know all this.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.38.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.38.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;What is the way to the abode of light?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.38.19"><span class="content">And where does darkness reside?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.38.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.38.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Can you take them to their places?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.38.20"><span class="content">Do you know the paths to their dwellings?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.38.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.38.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Surely you know, for you were already born!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.38.21"><span class="content">You have lived so many years!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.38.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.38.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have you entered the storehouses of the snow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.38.22"><span class="content">or seen the storehouses of the hail,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.38.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.38.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">which I reserve for times of trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.38.23"><span class="content">for days of war and battle?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.38.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.38.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.38.24"><span class="content">or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.38.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.38.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.38.25"><span class="content">and a path for the thunderstorm,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.38.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.38.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">to water a land where no one lives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.38.26"><span class="content">an uninhabited desert,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.38.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.38.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">to satisfy a desolate wasteland</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.38.27"><span class="content">and make it sprout with grass?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.38.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.38.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Does the rain have a father?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.38.28"><span class="content">Who fathers the drops of dew?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.38.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.38.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">From whose womb comes the ice?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.38.29"><span class="content">Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.38.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.38.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">when the waters become hard as stone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.38.30"><span class="content">when the surface of the deep is frozen?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.38.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.38.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">&#8220;Can you bind the chains</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:31 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">beauty</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the Pleiades?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.38.31"><span class="content">Can you loosen Orion&#8217;s belt?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.38.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.38.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:32 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the morning star in its season</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.38.32"><span class="content">or lead out the Bear</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:32 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">out Leo</span></span></span><span class="content"> with its cubs?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.38.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.38.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Do you know the laws of the heavens?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.38.33"><span class="content">Can you set up God&#8217;s</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:33 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">their</span></span></span><span class="content"> dominion over the earth?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.38.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.38.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;Can you raise your voice to the clouds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.38.34"><span class="content">and cover yourself with a flood of water?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.38.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.38.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.38.35"><span class="content">Do they report to you, &#8216;Here we are&#8217;?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.38.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.38.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Who gives the ibis wisdom</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:36 </span><span class="ft">That is, wisdom about the flooding of the Nile</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.38.36"><span class="content">or gives the rooster understanding?</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:36 </span><span class="ft">That is, understanding of when to crow; the meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.38.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.38.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.38.37"><span class="content">Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.38.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOB.38.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">when the dust becomes hard</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOB.38.38"><span class="content">and the clods of earth stick together?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOB.38.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOB.38.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do you hunt the prey for the lioness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOB.38.39"><span class="content">and satisfy the hunger of the lions</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOB.38.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOB.38.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">when they crouch in their dens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOB.38.40"><span class="content">or lie in wait in a thicket?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOB.38.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOB.38.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Who provides food for the raven</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOB.38.41"><span class="content">when its young cry out to God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOB.38.41"><span class="content">and wander about for lack of food?</span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch39" data-usfm="JOB.39.1+JOB.39.2+JOB.39.3+JOB.39.4+JOB.39.5+JOB.39.6+JOB.39.7+JOB.39.8+JOB.39.9+JOB.39.10+JOB.39.11+JOB.39.12+JOB.39.13+JOB.39.14+JOB.39.15+JOB.39.16+JOB.39.17+JOB.39.18+JOB.39.19+JOB.39.20+JOB.39.21+JOB.39.22+JOB.39.23+JOB.39.24+JOB.39.25+JOB.39.26+JOB.39.27+JOB.39.28+JOB.39.29+JOB.39.30">
            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.39.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do you know when the mountain goats give birth?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.39.1"><span class="content">Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.39.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.39.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Do you count the months till they bear?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.39.2"><span class="content">Do you know the time they give birth?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.39.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.39.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They crouch down and bring forth their young;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.39.3"><span class="content">their labor pains are ended.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.39.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.39.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.39.4"><span class="content">they leave and do not return.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.39.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.39.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who let the wild donkey go free?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.39.5"><span class="content">Who untied its ropes?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.39.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.39.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I gave it the wasteland as its home,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.39.6"><span class="content">the salt flats as its habitat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.39.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.39.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It laughs at the commotion in the town;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.39.7"><span class="content">it does not hear a driver&#8217;s shout.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.39.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.39.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">It ranges the hills for its pasture</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.39.8"><span class="content">and searches for any green thing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.39.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.39.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Will the wild ox consent to serve you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.39.9"><span class="content">Will it stay by your manger at night?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.39.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.39.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.39.10"><span class="content">Will it till the valleys behind you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.39.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.39.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Will you rely on it for its great strength?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.39.11"><span class="content">Will you leave your heavy work to it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.39.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.39.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Can you trust it to haul in your grain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.39.12"><span class="content">and bring it to your threshing floor?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.39.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.39.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.39.13"><span class="content">though they cannot compare</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.39.13"><span class="content">with the wings and feathers of the stork.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.39.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.39.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">She lays her eggs on the ground</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.39.14"><span class="content">and lets them warm in the sand,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.39.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.39.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">unmindful that a foot may crush them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.39.15"><span class="content">that some wild animal may trample them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.39.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.39.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.39.16"><span class="content">she cares not that her labor was in vain,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.39.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.39.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">for God did not endow her with wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.39.17"><span class="content">or give her a share of good sense.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.39.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.39.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Yet when she spreads her feathers to run,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.39.18"><span class="content">she laughs at horse and rider.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.39.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.39.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do you give the horse its strength</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.39.19"><span class="content">or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.39.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.39.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Do you make it leap like a locust,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.39.20"><span class="content">striking terror with its proud snorting?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.39.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.39.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.39.21"><span class="content">and charges into the fray.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.39.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.39.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">It laughs at fear, afraid of nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.39.22"><span class="content">it does not shy away from the sword.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.39.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.39.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The quiver rattles against its side,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.39.23"><span class="content">along with the flashing spear and lance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.39.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.39.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.39.24"><span class="content">it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.39.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.39.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">At the blast of the trumpet it snorts, &#8216;Aha!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.39.25"><span class="content">It catches the scent of battle from afar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.39.25"><span class="content">the shout of commanders and the battle cry.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.39.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.39.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.39.26"><span class="content">and spread its wings toward the south?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.39.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.39.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Does the eagle soar at your command</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.39.27"><span class="content">and build its nest on high?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.39.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.39.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.39.28"><span class="content">a rocky crag is its stronghold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.39.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.39.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">From there it looks for food;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.39.29"><span class="content">its eyes detect it from afar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.39.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.39.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Its young ones feast on blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.39.30"><span class="content">and where the slain are, there it is.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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