Job 39:1

Dost thou have da'as of the et (time) when the mountain goats give birth, 1 or art thou shomer to watch when the doe bears her fawn? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

2Canst thou number the months that they fulfil, 1 or dost thou have da'as of the et (time) when they give birth? 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 24:2And it came to pass, when Sha'ul was returned from following the Pelishtim, that it was told him, saying, Hinei, Dovid is in the midbar of Ein-Gedi.

Psalms 104:18The high hills are a makhseh (refuge, shelter) for the wild goats; 1 and the rocks for the gophers. 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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