39 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? dost thou mark the calving of the hinds?

² Dost thou number the months that they fulfil? and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

³ They bow themselves, they give birth to their young ones, they cast out their pains;

⁴ Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field, they go forth, and return not unto them.

⁵ Who hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager,

⁶ Whose house I made the wilderness, and the salt plain his dwellings?

⁷ He laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver;

⁸ The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

⁹ Will the buffalo be willing to serve thee, or will he lodge by thy crib?

¹⁰ Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

¹¹ Wilt thou put confidence in him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

¹² Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?

¹³ The wing of the ostrich beats joyously—But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?

¹⁴ For she leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,

¹⁵ And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample them.

¹⁶ She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern.

¹⁷ For +God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.

¹⁸ What time she lasheth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

¹⁹ Hast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?

²⁰ Dost thou make him to leap as a locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.

²¹ He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength; he goeth forth to meet the armed host.

²² He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from before the sword.

²³ The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.

²⁴ He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot contain himself at the sound of the trumpet:

²⁵ At the noise of the trumpets he saith, Aha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

²⁶ Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, [and] stretch his wings toward the south?

²⁷ Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make his nest on high?

²⁸ He inhabiteth the rock and maketh his dwelling on the point of the cliff, and the fastness:

²⁹ From thence he spieth out the prey, his eyes look into the distance;

³⁰ And his young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is he.

40 And Jehovah answered Job and said,

² Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth +God, let him answer it.

³ And Job answered Jehovah and said,

⁴ Behold, I am nought: what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.

⁵ Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; yea twice, but I will proceed no further.

⁶ And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

⁷ Gird up now thy loins like a man: I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.

⁸ Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?

⁹ Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

¹⁰ Deck thyself now with glory and excellency, and clothe thyself with majesty and splendour.

¹¹ Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him:

¹² Look on every one that is proud, bring him low, and tread down the wicked in their place:

¹³ Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in secret.

¹⁴ Then will I also praise thee, because thy right hand saveth thee.

¹⁵ See now the behemoth, which I made with thee: he eateth grass as an ox.

¹⁶ Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.

¹⁷ He bendeth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are woven together.

¹⁸ His bones are tubes of bronze, his members are like bars of iron.

¹⁹ He is the chief of God's ways: he that made him gave him his sword.

²⁰ For the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

²¹ He lieth under lotus-bushes, in the covert of the reed and fen:

²² Lotus-bushes cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.

²³ Lo, the river overfloweth—he startleth not: he is confident though a Jordan break forth against his mouth.

²⁴ Shall he be taken in front? will they pierce through [his] nose in the trap?