Job 39:4

4 In the wilds their young grow strong; they go away and don't come back.

Job 39:4 Meaning and Commentary

Job 39:4

Their young ones are in good liking
Plump, fat, and sleek, as fawns are:

they grow up with corn;
by which they grow, or without in the field, as the word also signifies; and their growth and increase is very quick, as Aristotle observes ^F12;

they go forth, and return not unto them:
they go forth into the fields, and shift and provide for themselves, and trouble their dams no more; and return not to them, nor are they known by them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Ib. (Aristot. Hist. Animal.) l. 6. c. 29.

Job 39:4 In-Context

2 Do you know how long they carry their young? Do you know the time for their birth?

3 Do you know when they will crouch down and bring their young into the world?

4 In the wilds their young grow strong; they go away and don't come back.

5 Who gave the wild donkeys their freedom? Who turned them loose and let them roam?

6 I gave them the desert to be their home, and let them live on the salt plains.