Job 39:2
When they couch in their places, and remaine in the couert to lye in waite?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
In Context
1Wilt thou hunt the pray for the lyon? or fill the appetite of the lyons whelpes,
3Who prepareth for the rauen his meate, when his birdes crie vnto God, wandering for lacke of meate?
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:24And as a wilde asse, vsed to the wildernesse, that snuffeth vp the winde by occasion at her pleasure: who can turne her backe? all they that seeke her, will not wearie themselues, but wil finde her in her moneth.
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 →