Job 39:2

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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

In Context

1Dost 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

3They crouch down, they bring forth their yeledim, 1 their chavalim (birth pains) are cast off in riddance. 1

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Cross References

Jeremiah 2:24A pereh used to the midbar, 1 that sniffs up the ruach in the craving of her nefesh; 1 in her occasion [of heat] who can turn her away? 1 All they that seek her will not weary themselves; 1 in her month they shall find her. 1

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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