Job 39:2
Do you know how many months they carry their young? Do you know the time when they give birth?
Free Bible Version
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 the wild goats give birth? Have you watched the birth-pains of the deer?
3They crouch down in labor to deliver their offspring.
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:24You're a female donkey living in the desert, sniffing the wind for a mate because she's in heat. No one can control her at mating time. All those who're looking for her won't have trouble finding her when she's in heat.
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 →