Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsKnowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?
Hast thou known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? The bringing forth of hinds thou dost mark!
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? dost thou mark the calving of the hinds?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJob — The canonical wisdom-literature interrogation of undeserved suffering. A prose frame enclosing three cycles of dialogue, a late Elihu interrupt, and a whirlwind theophany that does not answer the question — it relativizes it.
- Author
- Anonymous. Talmudic tradition names Moses (Bava Batra 14b); internal features (patriarchal setting, no Mosaic Law reference, Job sacrificing as family head, *qesitah* currency of Gen 33:19) suggest patriarchal-era composition or at least tradition-origin.
- Date
- Traditional: patriarchal period, c. 2000–1800 BC. Critical proposals scatter across pre-exilic to post-exilic. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer takes the position.