Job Chapter 39 verse 1 Holy Bible
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? `Or' canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
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Do you go after food for the she-lion, or get meat so that the young lions may have enough,
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Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? dost thou mark the calving of the hinds?
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Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
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Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
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"Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?
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Hast thou known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? The bringing forth of hinds thou dost mark!
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 1-30. - This chapter completes the survey of animate nature begun at Job 38:39. The habits and instincts of the wild goat, the wild ass, and wild cattle are first noticed (vers. 1-12); then a transition is made to the most remarkable of birds, the ostrich (vers. 13-18). Next, the horse is described, and, as it were, depicted, in a passage of extraordinary fire and brilliancy (vers. 19-25). Finally, a return is made to remarkable birds, and the habits of the hawk and eagle obtain mention (vers. 26-30). Throughout, the object is to show the infinite wisdom of God, and the utter incompetence of man to explain the mysteries of nature. Verse 1. - Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? The wild goats of Western Asia are of two kinds, the Capra segagrus, and the Asiatic ibex, or Capra Sinaitica. The latter is probably the animal here intended, which is called yael sela, "the wild goat of the rocks," and was known to the Assyrians as ya-e-li. It is an animal with large rough horns curving backwards, closely allied to the steinbock, or bouquetin, of the Swiss and Tyrolian Alps. It is very shy and wild, difficult of approach, and inhabiting only the most rocky and desolate tracts of Syria and Arabia. Representations of the animal, which was hunted by the Assyrian kings, are common upon the Ninevite monuments (see 'Ancient Monarchies,' vol. 2. p. 140. Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? "The hinds" here are probably the females of the species of ibex intended. The clause is therefore a mere repetition, in other words, of the preceding one.
