Job 39:2

Do you number the months they fulfill? And have you known the time of their bringing forth?

Literal Standard 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“Have you known the time of || The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? Do you mark the bringing forth of does?

3They bow down, || They bring forth their young ones safely, || They cast forth their pangs.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 2:24A wild donkey accustomed to a wilderness, || She has swallowed up wind in the desire of her soul, || Her meeting—who turns her back? None seeking her weary themselves, || In her month they 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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