Job 39:2

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 habits as he can with those of the domestic animals.

Related Commentaries of 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?
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?
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, t...
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...
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 wh...
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...
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 organ...
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 streng...
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 month...
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 conc...
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?...
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 w...
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. Ind...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Man's Ignorance of the Animal Creation; Description of the Wild Goat, Hind, Wild Ass, and Unicorn....
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 ther...
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...
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...
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...
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 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 cans...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Canst thou number the months that they fulfil, namely, in bearing their young? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? The external knowled...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 2:24

² Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

Related Commentaries of Job 39:2

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 39:2