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The Book of Job, Chapter 39, Verse 18

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Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
King James Version
What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
American Standard Version
What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider.
New English Translation
But as soon as she springs up, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
World English Bible
When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.
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Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
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Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils [is] terrible.
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He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
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He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
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The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
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He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that [it is] the sound of the trumpet.
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He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
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Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, [and] stretch her wings toward the south?
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Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
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She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.