1Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the lion’s whelps,
2When they crouch in their places, and remain in the covert to lie in wait?
3Who prepareth for the raven his meat, when his birds cry unto God, wandering for lack of meat?
4Knowest thou the time when the wild goats bring forth young? or dost thou mark when the hinds do calve?
5Canst thou number the months that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
6They bow themselves: they bruise their young and cast out their sorrows.
7Yet their young wax fat, and grow up with corn: they go forth and return not unto them.
8Who hath set the wild ass at liberty? or who hath loosed the bonds of the wild ass?
9It is I which have made the wilderness his house, and the salt places his dwellings.
10He derideth the multitude of the city: he heareth not the cry of the driver.
11He seeketh out the mountain for his pasture, and searcheth after every green thing.
12Will the unicorn serve thee? or will he tarry by thy crib?
13Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band to labor in the furrow? or will he plow the valleys after thee?
14Wilt thou trust in him, because his strength is great, and cast off thy labor unto him?
15Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it unto thy barn?
16Hast thou given the pleasant wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
17Which leaveth his eggs in the earth, and maketh them hot in the dust,
18And forgetteth that the foot might scatter them, or that the wild beast might break them.
19He showeth himself cruel unto his young ones, as they were not his, and is without fear, as if he travailed in vain.
20For God had deprived him of wisdom, and hath given him no part of understanding.
21When time is, he mounteth on high: he mocketh the horse and his rider.
22Hast thou given the horse strength, or covered his neck with neighing?
23Hast thou made him afraid as the grasshopper? his strong neighing is fearful.
24He diggeth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth forth to meet the harnessed man.
25He mocketh at fear, and is not afraid, and turneth not back from the sword,
26Though the quiver rattle against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
27He swalloweth the ground for fierceness and rage, and he believeth not that it is the noise of the trumpet.
28He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha: he smelleth the battle afar off, and the noise of the captains, and the shouting.
29Shall the hawk fly by thy wisdom, stretching out his wings even toward the South?
30Doth the eagle mount up at thy commandment, or make his nest on high?
31She abideth and remaineth in the rock, even upon the top of the rock, and the tower,
32From thence she spieth for meat, and her eyes behold afar off.
33His young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
34Moreover the Lord spake unto Job, and said,
35Is this to learn, to strive with the Almighty? he that reproveth God, let him answer to it.
36Then Job answered the Lord, saying,
37Behold, I am vile: what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
38Once have I spoken, but I will answer no more, yea twice, but I will proceed no further.