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New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].

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1    ^note Can you pull out the whale ^note with a gaff
or can you slip a noose round its tongue?
2   Can you pass a cord through its nose
or put a hook through its jaw?
3   Will it plead with you for mercy
or beg its life with soft words?
4   Will it enter into an agreement with you
to become your slave for life?
5   Will you toy with it as with a bird
or keep it on a string like a song-bird ^note for your maidens?
6   Do trading-partners haggle over it
or merchants share it out?

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New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].