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24 Then God said, “Let the earth produce every sort of animal, each producing offspring of the same kind—livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and wild animals.” And that is what happened.

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But I do not need the bulls from your barns
    or the goats from your pens.
10 For all the animals of the forest are mine,
    and I own the cattle on a thousand hills.

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15 “Take a look at Behemoth,[a]
    which I made, just as I made you.
    It eats grass like an ox.

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Footnotes

  1. 40:15 The identification of Behemoth is disputed, ranging from an earthly creature to a mythical sea monster in ancient literature.

20 Pairs of every kind of bird, and every kind of animal, and every kind of small animal that scurries along the ground, will come to you to be kept alive.

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19 And all of the large and small animals and birds came out of the boat, pair by pair.

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14 With them in the boat were pairs of every kind of animal—domestic and wild, large and small—along with birds of every kind.

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10 wild animals and all livestock,
    small scurrying animals and birds,

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23 Then people go off to their work,
    where they labor until evening.

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18 High in the mountains live the wild goats,
    and the rocks form a refuge for the hyraxes.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 104:18 Or coneys, or rock badgers.

19 “Have you given the horse its strength
    or clothed its neck with a flowing mane?

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“Will the wild ox consent to being tamed?
    Will it spend the night in your stall?

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“Who gives the wild donkey its freedom?
    Who untied its ropes?

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The Lord’s Challenge Continues

39 “Do you know when the wild goats give birth?
    Have you watched as deer are born in the wild?

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39 “Can you stalk prey for a lioness
    and satisfy the young lions’ appetites
40 as they lie in their dens
    or crouch in the thicket?

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