They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
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Gill's Exposition
They bow themselves,.... That they may bring forth their young with greater ease and more safety: for it seems the hinds bring forth their young with great difficulty; and there are provisions in…
Barnes' Notes
They bow themselves - literally, they curve or bend themselves; that is, they draw their limbs together. They cast out their sorrows - That is, they cast forth the offspring of their pains, or the…
Adam Clarke
They bow themselves - In order to bring forth their young ones.
They cast out their sorrows - חבליהם chebleyhem; the placenta, afterbirth, or umbilical cord. So this word has been understood.
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
cast out their sorrows That is, their pains; with the birth of their young they are rid of their pains also. Or "their pains" may mean "their young," by a figure common in all poetry.