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Job 39:16-18

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Job 39:16-18 Contemporary English Version (CEV)

16 She treats her eggs as though
    they were not her own,
unconcerned that her work
    might be for nothing.
17 I myself made her foolish
    and without common sense.
18 But once she starts running,[a]
she laughs at a rider
    on the fastest horse.

Footnotes:

  1. 39.18 starts running: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
Contemporary English Version (CEV)

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Job 39:16-18 New International Version (NIV)

16 She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers;
    she cares not that her labor was in vain,
17 for God did not endow her with wisdom
    or give her a share of good sense.
18 Yet when she spreads her feathers to run,
    she laughs at horse and rider.

New International Version (NIV)

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