Job 39:4

4 Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds; they leave and do not return.

Job 39:4 in Other Translations

4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.

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

4 Their young grow up in the open fields, then leave home and never return.

4 Her young ones flourish and are soon on their own; they leave and don't come back.

4 Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; They go forth, and return not again.

4 Their young are healthy and grow up in the wild. They leave and don't come back.

4 Their offspring are healthy and grow up in the open field. They leave and do not return.

4 Their little ones grow strong and healthy in the wild. They leave and do not come home again.

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 count the months till they bear? Do you know the time they give birth?

3 They crouch down and bring forth their young; their labor pains are ended.

4 Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds; they leave and do not return.

5 “Who let the wild donkey go free? Who untied its ropes?

6 I gave it the wasteland as its home, the salt flats as its habitat.