Job 39:1

Say if thou knowest the time of the bringing forth of the wild goats of the rock, 1 And if thou hast marked the calving of the hinds: 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

In Context

2And if thou hast numbered the full months of their being with young, 1 And if thou hast relieved their pangs: 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 24:2And it came to pass when Saul returned from pursuing after the Philistines, that it was reported to him, saying, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.

Psalms 104:18They hurt his feet with fetters; 1 His soul passed into iron, 1

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 →

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