Job 39:2
Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
In Context
1“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?
3They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn.
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:24a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will 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 →