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16 She (A)deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers;
    though her (B)labour be in vain, yet she has no fear,
17 because God has made her forget wisdom
    and (C)given her no share in understanding.
18 When she rouses herself to flee,[a]
    she laughs at the horse and his rider.

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  1. Job 39:18 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

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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