Job 39:1
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Or canst thou observe when the hinds are in labor?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2Canst thou number the months they fulfill, And know the season when they bring forth?
Cross References
Psalms 104:18The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats, And the rocks for the conies.
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 →