Job 39:1

¶ Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? [or] canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Knowest {H3045} thou the time {H6256} when the wild goats {H3277} of the rock {H5553} bring forth {H3205}? or canst thou mark {H8104} when the hinds {H355} do calve {H2342}?

"Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you seen deer in labor?

“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • 1 Samuel 24:2 (4 votes)

    Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

  • Psalms 104:18 (4 votes)

    The high hills [are] a refuge for the wild goats; [and] the rocks for the conies.

  • Psalms 29:9 (4 votes)

    The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of [his] glory.

  • Deuteronomy 14:5 (2 votes)

    The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.

  • Jeremiah 14:5 (2 votes)

    Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook [it], because there was no grass.