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

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

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

Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.

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39 “Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth?
    Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?
Can you count the months that they fulfill?
    Or do you know the time when they give birth?
They bow themselves. They bear their young.
    They end their labor pains.
Their young ones become strong.
    They grow up in the open field.
    They go out, and don’t return again.

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The Lord Continues: The Mountain Goats

39 “Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth?
    Do you watch the does when they are in labor?
Can you count the months they are pregnant
    or know the time when they’ll give birth?
        They kneel down to give birth and deliver their young.
            Then the pain of giving birth is over.
            Their young are healthy and grow up in the wild.
                They leave and don’t come back.

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