39 “Do you know when ^(A)the mountain goats give birth?
    Do you observe ^(B)the calving of the does?
² Can you number the months that they fulfill,
    and do you know the time when they give birth,
³ when they ^(C)crouch, bring forth their offspring,
    and are delivered of their young?
⁴ Their young ones become strong; they grow up in the open;
    they go out and ^(D)do not return to them.

⁵ “Who has let the wild donkey go free?
    Who has ^(E)loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,
⁶ to whom I have given ^(F)the arid plain for his home
    and ^(G)the salt land for his dwelling place?
⁷ He scorns the tumult of the city;
    he hears not the shouts of the driver.
⁸ He ranges the mountains as his pasture,
    and he searches after every green thing.

⁹ “Is ^(H)the wild ox willing to serve you?
    Will he spend the night at your ^(I)manger?
¹⁰ Can you bind ^(J)him in the furrow with ropes,
    or will he harrow the valleys after you?
¹¹ Will you depend on him because his strength is great,
    and will you leave to him your labor?
¹² Do you have faith in him that he will return your grain
    and gather it to your threshing floor?

¹³ “The wings of the ostrich wave proudly,
    but are they the pinions and plumage of love?^[a]
14 For she leaves her eggs to the earth
    and lets them be warmed on the ground,
¹⁵ forgetting that a foot may crush them
    and that the wild beast may trample them.
¹⁶ She ^(K)deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers;
    though her ^(L)labor be in vain, yet she has no fear,
¹⁷ because God has made her forget wisdom
    and ^(M)given her no share in understanding.
¹⁸ When she rouses herself to flee,^[b]
    she laughs at the horse and his rider.

¹⁹ “Do you give the horse his might?
    Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
²⁰ Do you make him leap like the locust?
    His majestic ^(N)snorting is terrifying.
²¹ He paws^[c] in the valley and exults in his strength;
    he ^(O)goes out to meet the weapons.
²² He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;
    he does not turn back from the sword.
²³ Upon him rattle the quiver,
    the flashing spear, and the javelin.
²⁴ With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground;
    he cannot stand still at ^(P)the sound of the trumpet.
²⁵ When the trumpet sounds, he says ‘Aha!’
    He smells the battle from afar,
    the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

²⁶ “Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars
    and spreads his wings toward the south?
²⁷ Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up
    and makes his ^(Q)nest on high?
²⁸ On the rock he dwells and makes his home,
    on ^(R)the rocky crag and stronghold.
²⁹ From there he spies out the prey;
    his eyes behold it from far away.
³⁰ His young ones suck up blood,
    and ^(S)where the slain are, there is he.”

² “Shall a faultfinder ^(U)contend with the Almighty?
    He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

⁴ “Behold, I am ^(V)of small account; what shall I answer you?
    ^(W)I lay my hand on my mouth.
⁵ I have spoken ^(X)once, and I will not answer;
    ^(Y)twice, but I will proceed no further.”

^7 (AA)“Dress for action^[d] like a man;
    ^(AB)I will question you, and you make it known to me.
⁸ Will you even put me in the wrong?
    Will you condemn me that ^(AC)you may be in the right?
⁹ Have you ^(AD)an arm like God,
    and can you thunder with ^(AE)a voice like his?

¹⁰ “Adorn yourself with majesty and dignity;
    ^(AF)clothe yourself with glory and splendor.
¹¹ Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
    and look on everyone who is ^(AG)proud and abase him.
¹² Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low
    and ^(AH)tread down the wicked ^(AI)where they stand.
^13 (AJ)Hide them all in ^(AK)the dust together;
    bind their faces in the world below.^[e]
14 Then will I also acknowledge to you
    that your own ^(AL)right hand can save you.

¹⁵ “Behold, Behemoth,^[f]
    which I made as I made you;
    he eats ^(AM)grass like an ox.
¹⁶ Behold, his strength in his loins,
    and his power in the muscles of his belly.
¹⁷ He makes his tail stiff like a cedar;
    the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
¹⁸ His bones are tubes of bronze,
    his limbs like bars of iron.

¹⁹ “He is ^(AN)the first of ^(AO)the works^[g] of God;
    let him who made him bring near his sword!
²⁰ For the mountains yield food for him
    where all the wild beasts play.
²¹ Under the lotus plants he lies,
    in the shelter of ^(AP)the reeds and in the marsh.
²² For his shade the lotus trees cover him;
    the willows of the brook surround him.
²³ Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened;
    he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth.
²⁴ Can one take him by his eyes,^[h]
    or pierce his nose with a snare?

41 ^[i] “Can you draw out ^(AQ)Leviathan^[j] with a fishhook
    or press down his tongue with a cord?
² Can you put ^(AR)a rope in his nose
    or pierce his jaw with ^(AS)a hook?
³ Will he make many pleas to you?
    Will he speak to you soft words?
⁴ Will he make a covenant with you
    to take him for ^(AT)your servant forever?
⁵ Will you play with him as with a bird,
    or will you put him on a leash for your girls?
⁶ Will traders bargain over him?
    Will they divide him up among the merchants?
⁷ Can you fill his skin with harpoons
    or his head with fishing spears?
⁸ Lay your hands on him;
    remember the battle—you will not do it again!
^9 [k] Behold, the hope of a man is false;
    he is laid low even at the sight of him.
¹⁰ No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up.
    Who then is he who can stand before me?
^11 (AU)Who has first given to me, that I should repay him?
    ^(AV)Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.

¹² “I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,
    or his mighty strength, or his goodly frame.
¹³ Who can strip off his outer garment?
    Who would come near him with a bridle?
¹⁴ Who can open the doors of his face?
    Around his teeth is terror.
¹⁵ His back is made of^[l] rows of shields,
    shut up closely as with a seal.
¹⁶ One is so near to another
    that no air can come between them.
¹⁷ They are ^(AW)joined one to another;
    they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
¹⁸ His sneezings flash forth light,
    and his eyes are like ^(AX)the eyelids of the dawn.
¹⁹ Out of his mouth go flaming torches;
    sparks of fire leap forth.
²⁰ Out of his nostrils comes forth smoke,
    as from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
²¹ His breath ^(AY)kindles coals,
    and a flame comes forth from his mouth.
²² In his neck abides strength,
    and terror dances before him.
²³ The folds of his flesh ^(AZ)stick together,
    firmly cast on him and immovable.
²⁴ His heart is hard as a stone,
    hard as the lower millstone.
²⁵ When he raises himself up, the mighty^[m] are afraid;
    at the crashing they are beside themselves.
²⁶ Though the sword reaches him, it does not avail,
    nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.
²⁷ He counts iron as straw,
    and bronze as rotten wood.
²⁸ The arrow cannot make him flee;
    for him, sling stones are turned to stubble.
²⁹ Clubs are counted as stubble;
    he laughs at the rattle of javelins.
³⁰ His underparts are like sharp ^(BA)potsherds;
    he spreads himself like ^(BB)a threshing sledge on the mire.
³¹ He makes the deep boil like a pot;
    he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
³² Behind him he leaves a shining wake;
    one would think the deep to be white-haired.
^33 (BC)On earth there is not his like,
    a creature without fear.
³⁴ He sees everything that is high;
    he is king over all the ^(BD)sons of pride.”

² “I know that you can ^(BE)do all things,
    and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
^3 (BF)‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
    things ^(BG)too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
⁴ ‘Hear, and I will speak;
    ^(BH)I will question you, and you make it known to me.’
⁵ I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
    but now my eye sees you;
⁶ therefore I despise myself,
    and repent^[n] in ^(BI)dust and ashes.”

“O Lord God, please forgive!
    ^(C)How can Jacob stand?
    He is so small!”
^3 (D)The Lord relented concerning this:
    “It shall not be,” said the Lord.

“O Lord God, please cease!
    ^(G)How can Jacob stand?
    He is so small!”
^6 (H)The Lord relented concerning this:
    “This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.

“Behold, I am setting ^(L)a plumb line
    in the midst of my people Israel;
    ^(M)I will never again pass by them;
^9 (N)the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate,
    and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste,
    and I will rise against ^(O)the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”

“‘Jeroboam shall die by the sword,
    and ^(S)Israel must go into exile
    away from his land.’”

“You say, ^(AC)‘Do not prophesy against Israel,
    and ^(AD)do not preach against the house of ^(AE)Isaac.’

“‘Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city,
    and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword,
    and your land ^(AG)shall be divided up with a measuring line;
you yourself shall die in an unclean land,
    and ^(AH)Israel shall surely go into exile away from its land.’”