Job 39:2

Can thou number the months that they fulfill? Or do thou know the time when they bring forth?

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In The King James Version

Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

In Context

1Do thou know the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? [Or] can thou mark when the hinds do calve?

3They bow themselves. They bring forth their young. They cast out their pains.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 2:24a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs up the wind in her desire. In her time of estrus who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month they shall find her.

Matthew Henry on Job 39:2-13

Man's Ignorance of the Animal Creation; Description of the Wild Goat, Hind, Wild Ass, and Unicorn. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? 2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? 3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. 4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them. 5… Read the whole commentary →

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