22:15 Will you keep to the old path 1
that evil men have walked –
39:1 “Are you acquainted with the way 2
the mountain goats 3 give birth?
Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young?
1 tn The “old path” here is the way of defiance to God. The text in these two verses is no doubt making reference to the flood in Genesis, one of the perennial examples of divine judgment.
2 tn The text uses the infinitive as the object: “do you know the giving birth of?”
3 tn Or “ibex.”