Job 39:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? ”

• Job 39:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Canst 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 habi...

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• Job 39:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Canst thou number the months [that] they (d) fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? (d) That is, how long they go with young?

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• Job 39:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

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• Job 39:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Canst thou number the months, &c.— The meaning of these questions is, "Knowest thou the time and circumstances of their bringing forth?" For, to know the time only was easy, and had nothing in...

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• Job 39:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? They bring forth with ease, and do not need to reckon the months of pregnancy, as the shepherd do...

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• Job 39:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The First Speech of the Almighty (concluded) Chs. Job 38:39-41 and Job 38:39 depict the wonders of animate creation, and the instincts with which animals are gifted by the providence of God. I...

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• Job 39:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  XXVIII. THE RECONCILIATION Job 38:1 - Job 42:6 THE main argument of the address ascribed to the Almighty is contained in Chapter s 38 and 39 and in the opening verses of chapter 42. Job make...

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• Job 39:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “Knowest Thou?” “Canst Thou?” Job 39:1-30 The series of questions is continued, and God asks more especially with respect to animated and organic nature. The wild goats, Job 39:1-4 ; the wild...

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• Job 39:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  And still the unveiling goes forward: the mystery of the begetting and birth of lower animals, with the sorrows of travail, and the finding of strength; the freedom and wildness and splendid untameab...

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• Job 39:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (1) В¶ Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? (2) Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when...

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• Job 39:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Canst thou number the months [that] they fulfil ?.... Which some understand both of wild goats and hinds. Common goats fulfil five months, they conceive in November, and bring forth in March, as Pli...

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• Job 39:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Canst thou number the months [that] they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? Ver. 2. Canst thou number the months they fulfil? ] Eight months, Aristotle saith (the elephant is...

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• Job 39:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock Which dwell in high and steep rocks, where no man can come; bring forth? Which they do with great difficulty, as is implied, Psalms 29:9...

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• Job 39:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THE WILD GOATS AND THE DEER (vv.1-4) The Lord now turns Job's attention to animals not in the least aggressive, the wild goats and the deer. Indeed, rather than aggressive, they are elusive. Did...

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• Job 39:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Man's Ignorance of the Animal Creation; Description of the Wild Goat, Hind, Wild Ass, and Unicorn. B. C.  1520....

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• Job 39:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Dost thou exactly know when they did conceive, and when they will bring forth? which is more uncertain in these than in other creatures, because there fall out many accidents which cause them to brin...

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• Job 39:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  Notes Job 39:13 . “ Gatest thou the goodly wings unto the peacock, or wings and feathers into the ostrich? ” (MARGIN: “The feathers of the stork and ostrich.”) The whole verse very variously rend...

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• Job 39:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Job 39:1 . The wild goat, on the Arabian rocks, leaps with incredible celerity from rock to rock, and leaves the dogs and wolves behind. She hides her young in those retreats. They follow the laws...

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• Job 39:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? The study of zoology a religious duty God is here represented as calling the attention of Job to various orders of animal life...

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• Job 39:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Job 39:1-18 This chapter completes the survey of animate nature begun at Job 38:39 . The habits and instincts of the wild goat, the wild ass, and wild cattle are first noticed (...

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• Job 39:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 1. Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth, their homes being on the rocks near the summits of the mountains? Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve, noting the t...

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• Job 39:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Jeremiah 2:24

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