English Standard Version
Job 39:1
1"Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the does?
Job 39:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
- New International Version (NIV)“Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Do you know the time when the wild mountain goats bear young? Or can you mark when the deer gives birth?
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Do you know when the wild goats give birth? Have you watched as deer are born in the wild?
Context of Job 39:1
"Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the does? 2Can you number the months that they fulfill, and do you know the time when they give birth, 3when they crouch, bring forth their offspring, and are delivered of their young?
Read all of Job 39Job 39:1 word by word
הֲיָדַ֗עְתָּ עֵ֭ת לֶ֣דֶת יַעֲלֵי־סָ֑לַע חֹלֵ֖ל אַיָּל֣וֹת תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Knowestיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
- thou the timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
- when the wild goatsיָעֵלyâ‛êl · goatH3277
- of the rockסֶ֫לַעsela‛ · cragH5553
- bring forthיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
- canst thou markשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: look atH8104
- when the hindsאַיָּלָה'ayâlâh · doeH355
- do calveחוּלchûl chîyl · to twist: give birthH2342
Cross-references for Job 39:1
- 1 Samuel 24:2Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to seek David and his men in front of the Wildgoats' Rocks.
- Psalms 104:18The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
- Psalms 29:9The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth and strips the forests bare, and in his temple all cry, "Glory!"
- Jeremiah 14:5Even the doe in the field forsakes her newborn fawn because there is no grass.
Commentaries on Job 39:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Knowest thou the time - To know time, etc., only, was easy, and has nothing extraordinary in it; but the meaning of these questions is, to know the circumstances, which have something peculiarly expressive of God's providence, and make the questions proper in this place. Pliny observes, that the hind with young is by instinct directed to a certain herb, named seselis, which facilitates the birth. Thunder, also, which looks like the more immediate hand of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Knowest thou, the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? - That is, the particular season when the mountain goats bring forth their young. Of domestic animals - the sheep, the tame goat, etc., the habits would be fuIly understood. But the question here relates to the animals that roamed at large on inaccessible cliffs; that were buried in deep forests; that were far from the dwellings and observation of people; and the meaning is, that there…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1God inquires of Job concerning several animals. --In these questions the Lord continued to humble Job. In this chapter several animals are spoken of, whose nature or situation particularly show the power, wisdom, and manifold works of God. The wild ass. It is better to labour and be good for something, than to ramble and be good for nothing. From the untameableness of this and other creatures, we may see, how unfit we are to give law to Providence, who…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. 1-30Job 39:1-30. 1. Even wild beasts, cut off from all care of man, are cared for by God at their seasons of greatest need. Their instinct comes direct from God and guides them to help themselves in parturition; the very time when the herdsman is most anxious for his herds. wild goats--ibex (Psa 104:18; 1Sa 24:2). hinds--fawns; most timid and defenseless animals, yet cared for by God.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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