Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
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Gill's Exposition
Canst thou number the months that they fulfil?.... Which some understand both of wild goats and hinds. Common goats fulfil five months, they conceive in November, and bring forth in March, as Pliny…
Barnes' Notes
Canst thou number the months ... - That is, as they wander in the wilderness, as they live in inaccessible crags and cliffs of the rocks, it is impossible for man to be acquainted with their habits as…
God here shows Job what little acquaintance he had with the untamed creatures that run wild in the deserts and live at large, but are the care of the divine Providence. As,
I. The wild goats and the…
Cambridge Bible
canst thou number Rather, dost thou. The "months that they fulfil" is the time they go with young. The words "knowest thou", "dost thou mark", and the like, though no doubt referring partly to man's…