Job 39:1 BSB — MannaFest

Job 39:1

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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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Commentary

3 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXX (604)

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats bring forth in the rocks, or hast thou observed the hinds when they calve? 36. The southern part of the world calls birds, which inhabit the streams of the Nile, 'ibices.' But the eastern and western quarters term small quadrupeds, 'ibices,' whose custom also it is to bring forth in the rocks, because they know not how to dwell except in the rocks. And if they ever fall down, even from the lofty tops of the mountains, they catch themselves without hurt on their own horns.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Shall we pretend to tell what is in the womb of Providence, or what a day will bring forth, who know not the time of the pregnancy of a hind or a wild goat?

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Knowest 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 were many facts in regard to such points of Natural History which Job could not explain.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֲיָדַ֗עְתָּ	ha.ya.Da'.ta	¿ do you know	H3045 →
עֵ֭ת	'et	[the] time of	H6256 →
לֶ֣דֶת	Le.det	[the] bringing forth of	H3205 →
יַעֲלֵי־	ya.'a.lei-	mountain goats of	H3277 →
סָ֑לַע	Sa.la'	rock	H5553 →
חֹלֵ֖ל	cho.Lel	[the] giving birth of	H2342 →
אַיָּל֣וֹת	'ai.ya.Lot	does	H355 →
תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃	tish.Mor	do you watch?	H8104 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 104:18
The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.
leads to
- Proverbs 30:26
  the rock badgers are creatures of little power, yet they make their homes in the rocks;
Through
Psalms 29:9
The voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in His temple all cry, “Glory!”
leads to
- Psalms 46:2–5
  Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,
- Psalms 26:8
  O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
- Ezekiel 20:46–48
  “Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.
- Job 39:1–3
  “Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?
- Psalms 48:9
  Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.
Through
Jeremiah 14:5
Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.
leads to
- Psalms 29:9
  The voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in His temple all cry, “Glory!”
Through
1 Samuel 24:2
So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the region of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 26:2
  So Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.

About Job

Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Job