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Job 39:3
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They crouch down to give birth to their young;they deliver their newborn.
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They end their labor pains.
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
when they crouch, bring forth their offspring, and are delivered of their young?
They crouch, they bear their young, they bring forth the offspring they have carried.
"They kneel down, they bring forth their young, They cast out their labor pains.
"They kneel down, they deliver their young, They get rid of their labor pains.
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They end their labor pains.
They bow them selues: they bruise their yong and cast out their sorowes.
They kneel down; they bring forth their young;They send out their labor pains.
They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn.
before they deliver?
when they crouch down and bring forth their young, when they deliver their fawns?
They bow themselves, they give birth to their young ones, they cast out their pains;
These animals lie down, they feel their birth pains, and their babies are born.
And do you know when they kneel and bring forth their young ones?
Do you know when they will crouch down and bring their young into the world?
When they crouch, they bring forth their young ones; they get rid of their labor pains.
when they crouch and bring forth; they send out their pangs?
Or when they lye downe, when they cast their yonge ones, & when they are delyuered off their trauayle & payne?
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They cast out their pains.
They are bent down, they give birth to their young, they let loose the fruit of their body.
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, they cast out their fruit.
They bowe themselues, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrowes.
They lye downe, they calue their young ones, and they are deliuered of their trauaile and paine:
and hast reared their young without fear; and wilt thou loosen their pangs?
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, they cast out their sorrows.
Tho ben bowid to the calf, and caluen; and senden out roryngis.
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They cast out their pains.
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
They bow down,They bring forth their young,They deliver their offspring. [fn]
They crouch down to give birth to their young and deliver their offspring.
They get down and give birth to their young, and get rid of their pains.
when they crouch to give birth to their offspring, and are delivered of their young?
They kneel down, their young, they bring forth; their pains, they throw off;
They bow themselves to bring forth young, and they cast them, and send forth roarings.
when they crouch, bring forth their offspring, and are delivered of their young?
They bow down, Their young ones they bring forth safely, Their pangs they cast forth.
"They kneel down, they bring forth their young, They get rid of their labor pains.
Contextual Overview
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Cross-References
Then Abimelech came with Phicol, the commander of his army, and said to Abraham, "God is with you in everything you do.
The Lord appeared to him that night and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Don't be afraid, because I am with you. I will bless you and give you many descendants because of my servant Abraham."
They answered, "Now we know that the Lord is with you. Let us swear an oath to each other. Let us make an agreement with you
Laban said to him, "If I have pleased you, please stay. I know the Lord has blessed me because of you.
When I came, you had little, but now you have much. Every time I did something for you, the Lord blessed you. But when will I be able to do something for my own family?"
After some time the wife of Joseph's master began to desire Joseph, and one day she said to him, "Have sexual relations with me."
But Joseph refused and said to her, "My master trusts me with everything in his house. He has put me in charge of everything he owns.
My scream scared him and he ran away, but he left his coat with me."
She kept his coat until her husband came home,
The warden paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph's care because the Lord was with Joseph and made him successful in everything he did.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
They bow themselves,.... That they may bring forth their young with greater ease and more safety: for it seems the hinds bring forth their young with great difficulty; and there are provisions in nature made to lessen it; as thunder, before observed, which causes them to bring forth the sooner; and there is an herb called "seselis", which it is said i they feed upon before birth, to make it the easier; as well as they use that, and another called "aros", after the birth, to ease them of their later pains;
they bring forth their young ones; renting and cleaving asunder the membrane, as the word signifies, in which their young is wrapped;
they cast out their sorrows; either their young, which they bring forth in pains and which then cease; or the secundines, or afterbirth, in which the young is wrapped, and which the philosopher says k they eat, and is supposed to be medical to them. None but a woman seems to bring forth with more pain than this creature; and a wife is compared to it, Proverbs 5:19.
i Cicero de Natura Deoram, l. 2. Plin. Nat. Hist. c. 8. 32. Aristot. Hist. Animal. l. 9. c. 5. k Aristot. ib.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
They bow themselves - literally, they curve or bend themselves; that is, they draw their limbs together.
They cast out their sorrows - That is, they cast forth the offspring of their pains, or the young which cause their pains. The idea seems to be, that they do this without any of the care and attention which shepherds are obliged to show to their flocks at such seasons. They do it when God only guards them; when they are in the wilderness or on the rocks far away from the abodes of man. The leading thought in all this seems to be, that the tender care of God was over his creatures, in the most perilous and delicate state, and that all this was exercised where man could have no access to them, and could not even observe them.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 39:3. They bow themselves — In order to bring forth their young ones.
They cast out their sorrows. — חבליהם chebleyhem; the placenta, afterbirth, or umbilical cord. So this word has been understood.