Job 39:1
Do you know at what time the wild goats have given birth among the rocks, or do you observe the deer when they go into labor?
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In Context
2Have you numbered the months since their conception, and do you know at what time they gave birth?
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:2And when Saul had returned after pursuing the Philistines, they reported to him, saying, “Behold, David is in the desert of Engedi.”
Psalms 104:18They humbled his feet in shackles; the iron pierced his soul,
Matthew Henry on Job 39:1
God proceeds here to show Job what little reason he had to charge him with unkindness who was so compassionate to the inferior creatures and took such a tender care of them, or to boast of himself, and his own good deeds before God, which were nothing to the divine mercies. He shows him also what great reason he had to be humble who knew so little of the nature of the creatures about him and had so little influence upon them, and to submit to that God on whom they all depend. He discourses particularly, I.… Read the whole commentary →