Job 39:2

Job 39:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
• New International Version (NIV)Do you count the months till they bear? Do you know the time they give birth?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Can you number the months that they fulfill, and do you know the time when they give birth,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they bear young?

Context of Job 39:2

1“Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch the does when they are in labor? Can you count the months they are pregnant or know the time when they’ll give birth? 3They kneel down to give birth and deliver their young. Then the pain of giving birth is over. 4Their young are healthy and grow up in the wild. They leave and don’t come back.

Job 39:2 word by word

תִּסְפֹּ֣ר יְרָחִ֣ים תְּמַלֶּ֑אנָה וְ֝יָדַ֗עְתָּ עֵ֣ת לִדְתָּֽנָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Canst thou numberסָפַרsâphar · to recountH5608
• the monthsיֶ֫רַחyerach · monthH3391
• they fulfilמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• or knowestיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• thou the timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• when they bring forthיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205

Cross-references for Job 39:2

• Jeremiah 2:24You are like a wild donkey that is used to the desert, sniffing the wind while in heat. All who look for you won’t get tired. They will find you during your monthly period.

Commentaries on Job 39:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Canst thou number the months … - That is, as they wander in the wilderness, as they live in inaccessible crags and cliffs of the rocks, it is impossible for man to be acquainted with their habits as he can with those of the domestic animals.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. 22. They bring forth with ease and do not need to reckon the months of pregnancy, as the shepherd does in the case of his flocks.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 39:2

• God

In the dictionaries

• Abide
• Harrow
• Liking
• Mount
• Paw
• Wisdom
• Bring
• Eagle
• Job, Book of
• deer, doe, fawn, roebuck, stag

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