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16 She acts as if the eggs were not hers,
    and is unconcerned that her efforts were wasted.
17 It was I who made her foolish
    and did not give her wisdom.
18 But when she begins to run,[a]
    she can laugh at any horse and rider.

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  1. Job 39:18 Probable text run; Hebrew unclear.

16 She treats her young harshly,(A) 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.(B)
18 Yet when she spreads her feathers to run,
    she laughs(C) at horse and rider.

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