Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
Their young ones are in good liking - Hebrew “they are fat;” and hence, it means that they are strong and robust. They grow up with corn - Herder, Gesenius, Noyes, Umbreit, and Rosenmuller render…
Adam Clarke
In good liking - After the fawns have sucked for some time, the dam leads them to the pastures, where they feed on different kinds of herbage; but not on corn, for they are not born before…
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
in good liking i. e. in good condition, strong.
grow up with corn Rather, they grow up in the open field.
These shy, solitary creatures, inhabiting the rocks, are without the care and help in bearing…