Job 39:1
Hast thou known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? The bringing forth of hinds thou dost mark!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2Thou dost number the months they fulfil? And thou hast known the time of their bringing forth!
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:2And Saul taketh three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and goeth to seek David and his men, on the front of the rocks of the wild goats,
Psalms 104:18The high hills [are] for wild goats, Rocks [are] a refuge for 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 →