Job 39:1 ““Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe…”

Job 39:1

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

“Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Wilt thou hunt the pray for the lyon? or fill the appetite of the lyons whelpes,

Darby Translation

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? dost thou mark the calving of the hinds?

Young's Literal Translation

Hast thou known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? The bringing forth of hinds thou dost mark!

Bible in Basic English

Have you knowledge of the rock-goats? or do you see the roes giving birth to their young?

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Cross references

“the wild”

1 Samuel 24:2 Psalm 104:18

1 Samuel 24:2 · BSB

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.

Psalm 104:18 · BSB

The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.

“when”

Psalm 29:9 Jeremiah 14:5

Psalm 29:9 · BSB

The voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in His temple all cry, “Glory!”

Jeremiah 14:5 · BSB

Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.

Also

Deuteronomy 14:5

Deuteronomy 14:5 · BSB

the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?

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