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16 She does not take care of her babies,
    as if they did not belong to her.
She does not worry that all her work might be useless.
17 This is because I did not give wisdom to ostriches.
    I did not give them minds that understand things.
18 But when an ostrich begins to run,
    it can run very fast.
It can run faster than a horse
    and someone who rides on it.

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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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