Matthew Poole Commentary - Job 39:1 - 39:1

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Job 39:1 - 39:1


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JOB CHAPTER 39



Of the wild goats and hinds, Job_39:1-4; the wild ass, Job_39:5-8; the unicorn, Job_39:9-12; the peacock, stork, and ostrich, Job_39:13-18; the horse, Job_39:19-25; the hawk; the eagle, Job_39:26-30. These creatures, not fully known to Job, or governed by him, are sufficient to convince him that he is no fit judge of the counsels of God.



Knowest thou the time, that thou mayst then go to them, and afford them thy help in their hard work?



The wild goats of the rock; which dwell in high and steep rocks, where no man can come. See 1Sa_24:2 Psa_104:18.



Bring forth; which they do with great difficulty, as is implied, Psa_29:9, and noted by philosophers, wherein they have no assistance from men, but only from God.



When the hinds do calve; when God by his secret instinct directs them to a certain herb called seseli, which, as naturalists report, doth hasten and help forward their birth.