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Connecting Statement:
Yahweh continues to challenge Job.
They crouch down
The word "They" refers to the wild mountain goats and the deer.
birth their young
"give birth to their offspring"
then they finish their labor pains
Possible meanings are 1) their labor pains are over when the birth is finished or 2) "labor pains" is a metonym that refers to the offspring of the goats and deer because they are the result of the mother's labor and pain. AT: "send out their offspring from their womb" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
the open fields
"the countryside" or "the wild"
do not come back again
"do not come back to them" or "do not come back to their mothers"