I made the desert(A) its home,
and the salty(B) wasteland its dwelling.
It scoffs at the noise of the village
and never hears the shouts of a driver.(C)
It roams the mountains for its pastureland,
searching for anything green.

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(A)Whose home I have made the wilderness,
And the [a]barren land his dwelling?
He scorns the tumult of the city;
He does not heed the shouts of the driver.
The range of the mountains is his pasture,
And he searches after (B)every green thing.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 39:6 Lit. salt land

I gave it the wasteland(A) as its home,
    the salt flats(B) as its habitat.(C)
It laughs(D) at the commotion in the town;
    it does not hear a driver’s shout.(E)
It ranges the hills(F) for its pasture
    and searches for any green thing.

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Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.

The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

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