Job 39:2

Have you numbered the months since their conception, and do you know at what time they gave birth?

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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 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?

3They bend themselves for their offspring, and they give birth, and they emit roars.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 2:24A wild donkey accustomed to solitude, out of the desire in his soul, caught the scent of his lover. Now nothing will turn him away from her. All those who seek her will not cease. But they will find her in her menstruation.

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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