| 1 | Knowest thou the time when the wild goats bring forth among the rocks, or hast thou observed the hinds when they fawn? |
| 2 | Hast thou numbered the months of their conceiving, or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? |
| 3 | They bow themselves to bring forth young, and they cast them, and send forth roarings. |
| 4 | Their young are weaned and go to feed: they go forth, and return not to them. |
| 5 | Who hath sent out the wild ass free, and who hath loosed his bonds? |
| 6 | To whom I have given a house in the wilderness, and his dwellings in the barren land. |
| 7 | He scorneth the multitude of the city, he heareth not the cry of the driver. |
| 8 | He looketh round about the mountains of his pasture, and seeketh for every green thing. |
| 9 | Shall the rhinoceros be willing to serve thee, or will he stay at thy crib? |
| 10 | Canst thou bind the rhinoceros with thy thong to plough, or will he break the clods of the valleys after thee? |
| 11 | Wilt thou have confidence in his great strength, and leave thy labours to him? |
| 12 | Wilt thou trust him that he will render thee the seed, and gather it into thy barnfloor? |
| 13 | The wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron, and of the hawk. |
| 14 | When she leaveth her eggs on the earth, thou perhaps wilt warm them in the dust. |
| 15 | She forgetteth that the foot may tread upon them, or that the beasts of the field may break them. |
| 16 | She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers, she hath laboured in vain, no fear constraining her. |
| 17 | For God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he given her understanding. |
| 18 | When time shall be, she setteth up her wings on high: she scorneth the horse and his rider. |
| 19 | Wilt thou give strength to the horse, or clothe his neck with neighing? |
| 20 | Wilt thou lift him up like the locusts? the glory of his nostrils is terror. |
| 21 | He breaketh up the earth with his hoof, he pranceth boldly, he goeth forward to meet armed men. |
| 22 | He despiseth fear, he turneth not his back to the sword, |
| 23 | Above him shall the quiver rattle, the spear and shield shall glitter. |
| 24 | Chasing and raging he swalloweth the ground, neither doth he make account when the noise of the trumpet soundeth. |
| 25 | When he heareth the trumpet he saith: Ha, ha: he smelleth the battle afar off, the encouraging of the captains, and the shouting of the army. |
| 26 | Doth the hawk wax feathered by thy wisdom, spreading her wings to the south? |
| 27 | Will the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest in high places? |
| 28 | She abideth among the rocks, and dwelleth among cragged flints, and stony hills, where there is no access. |
| 29 | From thence she looketh for the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. |
| 30 | Her young ones shall suck up blood: and wheresoever the carcass shall be, she is immediately there. |
| 31 | And the Lord went on, and said to Job: |
| 32 | Shall he that contendeth with God be so easily silenced? surely he that reproveth God, ought to answer him. |
| 33 | Then Job answered the Lord, and said: |
| 34 | What can I answer, who hath spoken inconsiderately? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. |
| 35 | One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said: and another, to which I will add no more. |
