Job 40:20

Modern

The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.

Traditional

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

Literal

For the mountains carry produce to him, and all the creatures of the field play there.

Latin

Huic montes herbas ferunt: omnes bestiæ agri ludent ibi.

Hebrew

English

The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.

After listing natural animals, God described Behemoth and "Leviathan" as creatures humans cannot control (39:1–30; 40:15–24; 41:1–34). Job could not control the wild donkey or ox (39:5–12; 40:15–24). However, God created and could control them, and Job had to accept this fact (41:2).
Here, Behemoth appears to be a natural creature:

It is an animal God made, just as he made Job (40:15).
It is not a fierce predator but eats grass like an ox (40:15).
It is in a poem about God’s creation of the natural world, not in a myth about the world's formation. Most commentators think Behemoth is the hippopotamus, a large, grass-eating animal (40:15–19). It rests in the river among lotus plants and reeds (40:21). Like the wild ox, Behemoth is strong (40:16–18, 24; 39:11). Yet it is mostly peaceful (40:20–23).

Theme notes and profiles

Psalm 104:26
There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.
Psalm 104:14
He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
Psalm 147:8–9
…who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
Job 40:15
Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox.