Job 39 · Verse 2

Job 39:2

Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
Job 39:2, King James Version

Job 39:2 in other translations

BSBCan you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?
WEBCan you count the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?
ASVCanst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
YLTThou dost number the months they fulfil? And thou hast known the time of their bringing forth!
DARBYDost thou number the months that they fulfil? and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
BBEIs the number of their months fixed by you? or is the time when they give birth ordered by you?
WebsterCanst thou number the months that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

What does Job 39:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. They bring forth with ease and do not need to reckon the months of pregnancy, as the shepherd does in the case of his flocks.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Job 39:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

תִּסְפֹּ֣רtis.Porwill you count?H5608
יְרָחִ֣יםye.ra.Chim[the] monthsH3391
תְּמַלֶּ֑אנָהte.ma.Le.nah[which] they completeH4390
וְ֝יָדַ֗עְתָּve.ya.Da'.taand do you know?H3045
עֵ֣ת'et[the] time ofH6256
לִדְתָּֽנָה\׃lid.Ta.nahbringing forth theyH3205

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 39:2

  • Jeremiah 2:24

    A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 2:24

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 39:1

    Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

  • Job 39:2

    Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

  • Job 39:3

    They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.

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Job 39:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Cuando están echados en las cuevas, ó se están en sus guaridas para acechar?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		As-tu compté les mois qu’elles accomplissent, et connais-tu le temps où elles mettent bas?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Zählst du die Monde, die sie erfüllen, und weißt du die Zeit ihres Gebärens?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dinumerasti menses conceptus earum, et scisti tempus partus earum?