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Job 39:2

In Job 39 of Job.

Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

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תִּסְפֹּ֣רtisporcommuneסָפַרverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “commune”, an unfinished actionH5608properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebratecommune, (ac-) count; declare, number, [phrase] penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.יְרָחִ֣יםyerachimmonthיֶרַחnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “month”, the ordinary formH3391a lunation, i.e. monthmonth, moon.תְּמַלֶּ֑אנָהtemalenahbe at an endמָלֵאverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “be at an end”, an unfinished actionH4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, s…וְ֝יָדַ֗עְתָּveyadataand knowיָדַעconjunction, verb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and know”, a completed actionH3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with…עֵ֣תetwhenעֵתnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “when”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6256time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.[phrase] after, (al-) ways, [idiom] certain, [phrase] continually, [phrase] evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-) tide, (meal-), what) time, when.לִדְתָּֽנָהlidtanahbearיָלַדverb, qal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “bear”, the to-form of the verbH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou dost number the months they fulfil? And thou hast known the time of their bringing forth!

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

Dost thou number the months that they fulfil? and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

Douay-Rheims

Hast thou numbered the months of their conceiving, or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and if thou hast numbered the full months of their being with young, and if thou hast relieved their pangs:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἠρίθμησας δὲ μῆνας αὐτῶν πλήρεις τοκετοῦ αὐτῶν, ὠδῖνας δὲ αὐτῶν ἔλυσας,

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