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Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?

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The Limits of Human Knowledge

God challenges Job by asking if he knows the precise gestation periods of wild goats and deer. Commentators note that while ancient naturalists had estimates, the exact timing is hidden from humans. This illustrates the profound limits of human knowledge compared to God's intimate, perfect understanding of His creation.

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Job

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Job 39:2

18th Century

Theologian

Canst thou number the months ... - That is, as they wander in the wilderness, as they live in inaccessible crags and cliffs of the …

John Gill

John Gill

On Job 39:2

17th Century

Pastor

Canst thou number the months [that] they fulfil ?
&c.] Which some understand both of wild goats and hinds. Common go…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Job 39:1–30

17th Century

Minister

In these questions, the Lord continued to humble Job. In this chapter, several animals are spoken of whose nature or situation particularly shows t…