Job 39:4

4 Their young ones grow strong; they grow up in the open; they go forth and do not return to them.

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 Can you number [the] months they fulfill, and do you know [the] time of its giving birth?

3 When they crouch, they bring forth their young ones; they get rid of their labor pains.

4 Their young ones grow strong; they grow up in the open; they go forth and do not return to them.

5 "Who has sent forth [the] wild ass free? And who has released [the] wild donkey's bonds,

6 [to] which I have given [the] wilderness [as] its house and [the] salt flat [as] its dwelling place?