Job 38:40
When they couch in their dens, And abide in the covert to lie in wait?
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
In Context
39Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
41Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, And wander for lack of food?
Cross References
Numbers 23:24Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.
Job 37:8Then the beasts go into coverts, And 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 →