Do you know how many months they carry their young? Are you aware of the time of their delivery?
Parallel translations
- WEB Can you count the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?
- KJV Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
- BSB Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?
- NKJV Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they bear young?
- NASB “Can you count the months they fulfill, Or do you know the time they give birth?
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Quick answer
Can Job count the months of their pregnancy or know the time they give birth? Only God appoints these times.
Overview
The LORD asks whether Job tracks the gestation and birthing of wild animals. Such precise timing lies wholly in God's keeping. The question continues to expose how much of creation's ordered life proceeds beyond human notice or control.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 1
- Jer 2:24a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs the wind in her craving. When she is in heat, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month, they will find her.
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