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Job 39:3
3They bend down low to the ground. They give birth to the babies that they have carried inside them.
Job 39:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
- New International Version (NIV)They crouch down and bring forth their young; their labor pains are ended.
- English Standard Version (ESV)when they crouch, bring forth their offspring, and are delivered of their young?
- New King James Version (NKJV)They bow down, They bring forth their young, They deliver their offspring.
Context of Job 39:3
1‘Job, do you know that time when the goats on the mountains give birth? Do you watch the wild deer when their babies are born? 2Can you count the number of months that these animals are pregnant? How long must they wait until they give birth? They bend down low to the ground. They give birth to the babies that they have carried inside them. 4The young animals grow and they become strong in the fields. Then they leave their parents and they do not return to them. 5Did you send out the wild donkeys to go wherever they want?
Read all of Job 39Job 39:3 word by word
תִּ֭כְרַעְנָה יַלְדֵיהֶ֣ן תְּפַלַּ֑חְנָה חֶבְלֵיהֶ֥ם תְּשַׁלַּֽחְנָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Commentaries on Job 39:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3They bow themselves - In order to bring forth their young ones. They cast out their sorrows - חבליהם chebleyhem ; the placenta, afterbirth, or umbilical cord. So this word has been understood.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3They bow themselves - literally, they curve or bend themselves; that is, they draw their limbs together. They cast out their sorrows - That is, they cast forth the offspring of their pains, or the young which cause their pains. The idea seems to be, that they do this without any of the care and attention which shepherds are obliged to show to their flocks at such seasons. They do it when God only guards them; when they are in the wilderness or on the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-36God challenges Job. Job admits he cannot judge the moral world. God shows Job's ignorance of the natural world's elements related to the realm of heaven, weather, animals, and birds (38:4–21; 22–38; 39–39:30).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. bow themselves--in parturition; bend on their knees (1Sa 4:19). bring forth--literally, "cause their young to cleave the womb and break forth." sorrows--their young ones, the cause of their momentary pains.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 39
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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