Job 39:1-8

1 if thou knowest the time of the bringing forth of the wild goats of the rock, and thou hast marked the calving of the hinds:

2 and thou has hast numbered the full months of their being with young, and thou hast relieved their pangs:

3 and hast reared their young without fear; and wilt thou loosen their pangs?

4 Their young will break forth; they will be multiplied with offspring: will go forth, and will not return to them.

5 And who is he that sent forth the wild ass free? and who loosed his bands?

6 whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, and the salt land his coverts.

7 He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, and hears not the chiding of the tax-gatherer.

8 He will survey the mountains his pasture, and he seeks after every green thing.

Job 39:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 39

This chapter treats of various creatures, beasts and birds, which Job had little knowledge of, had no concern in the making of them, and scarcely any power over them; as of the goats and hinds, Job 39:1-4; of the wild ass, Job 39:5-8; of the unicorn, Job 39:9-12; of the peacock and ostrich, Job 39:13-18; of the horse, Job 39:19-25; and of the hawk and eagle, Job 39:26-30.