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\c 41
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\q1
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\v 1 "Think also about crocodiles.
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\q2 Can you catch them with a fishhook
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\q2 or fasten their jaws with a rope?
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\q1
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\v 2 Can you put ropes through their noses to control them
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\q2 or thrust hooks through their jaws?
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\q1
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\v 3 Will they plead with you to act mercifully toward them
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\q2 or use sweet talk in order that you will not harm them?
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 4 Will they make an agreement with you to work for you,
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\q2 to be your slaves as long as they live?
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\q1
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\v 5 Can you make them into pets like you do birds?
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\q2 Can you put a leash around their necks so that your servant girls can play with them?
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\q1
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\v 6 Will men who partner in selling fish try to sell them in the market?
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\q2 Will they cut a crocodile up into pieces and sell the meat?
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 7 Can you pierce crocodiles through their hides by throwing fishing spears at them?
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\q2 Can you pierce their heads with a harpoon?
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\q1
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\v 8 If you grab one of them with your hands, it will give you a battle that you will never forget,
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\q2 and you will never try to do it again!
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\q1
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\v 9 It is useless to even hope to subdue them.
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\q2 Anyone who tries to subdue one of them will fall to the ground out of fear.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 10 No one dares to make a crocodile angry.
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\q2 So, since I am much more powerful than they are, who would dare to cause me to be angry?
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\q1
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\v 11 Also, everything on the earth is mine.
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\q2 Therefore, no one is able to give anything to me and require me to pay money for it!
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\b
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\q1
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\v 12 I will tell you about how strong crocodiles' legs are
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\q2 and how strong their well formed bodies are.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 13 Can anyone strip off their hides?
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\q2 Can anyone pierce through their double layer of armor?
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\q1
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\v 14 Can anyone pry open their jaws, which have terrible teeth in them?
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\q1
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\v 15 They have rows of scales on their back
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\q2 which are as hard as rock.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 16 The scales are very close together;
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\q2 not even air can get between them.
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\q1
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\v 17 The scales are joined very closely to each other,
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\q2 and they cannot be separated.
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\q1
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\v 18 When crocodiles sneeze, the tiny drops of water that come out of their noses sparkle in the sunlight.
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\q2 Their eyes are red like the rising sun.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 19 It is as though sparks of fire poured out of their mouths.
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\v 20 Smoke pours out of their nostrils
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\q2 as steam comes out of a pot that is put over a very, very hot fire.
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\v 21 Their breath can cause coals to blaze
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\q2 and flames to shoot out from their mouths.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 22 Their necks are very strong;
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\q2 wherever they go, they make people very afraid.
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\q1
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\v 23 The folds in their flesh are very close together
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\q2 and are very hard.
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\q1
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\v 24 They are fearless
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\q2 because the inner parts of their bodies are as hard as a rock,
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\q2 as hard as the lower millstone on which people grind grain.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 25 When they rise up, they cause even very strong people to be terrified.
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\q2 As a result, people fall back.
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\q1
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\v 26 People cannot injure them with swords;
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\q2 spears, arrows, or or other weapons with sharp points cannot injure them, either.
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\q1
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\v 27 They certainly are not afraid of weapons made of straw or rotten wood,
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\q2 but they are not even afraid of weapons made of iron or bronze!
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 28 Shooting arrows at them does not cause them to run away.
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\q2 Hurling stones at them from a sling is like hurling bits of chaff at them.
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\q1
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\v 29 They are not afraid of clubs anymore than they would be afraid of men throwing bits of straw at them,
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\q2 and they laugh when they hear a spear coming at them.
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\q1
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\v 30 Their bellies are covered with scales that are as sharp as broken pieces of pottery.
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\q2 When they drag themselves through the mud,
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\q2 their bellies tear up the ground like a plow.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 31 They stir up the water and cause it to foam
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\q2 as they churn through it.
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\q1
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\v 32 As they go through the water, their wakes glisten.
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\q2 People who see it would think that the foam had become white hair.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 33 There are no creatures on earth that I have created as fearless as crocodiles.
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\q1
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\v 34 They are the proudest of all the creatures;
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\q2 they are like kings over all the other wild animals."
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