39:1 “Are you acquainted with the way 1
the mountain goats 2 give birth?
Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young?
39:2 Do you count the months they must fulfill,
and do you know the time they give birth? 3
[39:1] 1 tn The text uses the infinitive as the object: “do you know the giving birth of?”
[39:1] 2 tn Or “ibex.”
[39:2] 3 tn Here the infinitive is again a substantive: “the time of their giving birth.”
