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39 “Do you know the time the [a](A)mountain goats give birth?
Do you keep watch over the calving of the (B)deer?
Can you count the months they fulfill,
Or do you know the time they give birth?
They kneel down; they bring forth their young;
They send out their labor pains.
Their children become strong; they grow up in the open field;
They leave and do not return to them.

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  1. Job 39:1 Lit goats of the rock

39 Do you know when mountain goats give birth?
Have you watched the deer in labor?
Can you count the months they are pregnant[a]
so you can know the time they give birth?
They crouch down to give birth to their young;
they deliver their newborn.[b]
Their offspring are healthy and grow up in the open field.
They leave and do not return.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 39:2 Lit months they fulfill
  2. Job 39:3 Or they send away their labor pains
  3. Job 39:4 Lit return to them