Job 39:2

What does Job 39:2 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 39:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Is the number of their months fixed by you? or is the time when they give birth ordered by you?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Thou dost number the months they fulfil? And thou hast known the time of their bringing forth!

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Hast thou numbered the months of their conceiving, or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Dost thou number the months that they fulfil? and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

Context

v.1Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

v.2This passage

v.3They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They cast out their pains.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 2:24

    a wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

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