Job 38:40

When they crouch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the thicket to lie in wait?

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

In Context

39Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

41Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto God, [and] they wander for lack of meat?

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Cross References

Numbers 23:24Lo, the people will rise up as a lioness, and lift himself up as a lion. He shall not lie down until he have eaten the prey and drunk the blood of the slain.

Job 37:8And the wild beast goeth into its lair, and they remain in their dens.

Matthew Henry on Job 38:26-41

God's Sovereign Dominion and Goodness. ( b. c. 1520.) 25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; 26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? 28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? 29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? 30 The… Read the whole commentary →

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