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The LORD Speaks of His Creation

Job 39:2

In 11 translations

BSB
Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?
KJV
Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
WEB
Can you count the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?
ASV
Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
LSV
Do you number the months they fulfill? And have you known the time of their bringing forth?
YLT
Thou dost number the months they fulfil? And thou hast known the time of their bringing forth!
DBY
Dost thou number the months that they fulfil? and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
DRC
Hast thou numbered the months of their conceiving, or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
GNV39:5
Canst thou nomber the moneths that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring foorth?
JPS
Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
LXXE
and if thou hast numbered the full months of their being with young, and if thou hast relieved their pangs:

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
תִּסְפֹּ֣ר יְרָחִ֣ים תְּמַלֶּ֑אנָה וְ֝יָדַ֗עְתָּ עֵ֣ת לִדְתָּֽנָה׃
LXX-Br
ἠρίθμησας δὲ μῆνας αὐτῶν πλήρεις τοκετοῦ αὐτῶν, ὠδῖνας δὲ αὐτῶν ἔλυσας,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 2:24a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 39:2 in most Bibles

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