Bible Strands
Job 39:3
They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Job in a rhetorical discourse on wild animals, describing the birth process of a specific creature.
The words — The Hebrew verbs תִּכְרַעְנָה (tikhr‘enah, “they crouch”) and תִּשַׁלַּחְנָה (tishal‘enah, “they send forth”) frame the physical actions of labor and delivery.
The thread — The verse details the mechanics of birth immediately after Job 39:2 questions human knowledge of gestation and timing, continuing into Job 39:4’s observation of the young thriving and departing.
Why it lands — It demands recognition of the precise, unassisted biological processes that operate independently of human calculation or intervention.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.