Job 39:2
Can you number the months that they fulfill?Or do you know the time when they give birth?
New Heart English 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
1"Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth?Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?
3They bow themselves, they bring forth their young,they end their labor pains.
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:24a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind in her desire. When she is in heat, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month, they will find her.
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 →