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16 
“She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers;
Though her labor is in vain because she is unconcerned [for the safety of her brood],
17 
For God has made her forget wisdom,
And has not given her a share of understanding.
18 
“Yet when she lifts herself [a]on high,
[So swift is she that] she laughs at the horse and his rider.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 39:18 Or to flee.

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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