Job 38:40

When they are couched in their lairs, rest in the thicket, lying in wait?

Leeser Tanakh

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 for the lioness her prey? and suppliest thou the food for the young lions,

41Who provideth for the raven his provision? when his young ones cry unto God, and wander about for lack of food?

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Cross References

Numbers 23:24Behold, it is a people, that shall rise up as a lioness, and as a lion shall it raise itself: it will not lie down until it have eaten the prey, and have drunk the blood of the slain.

Job 37:8Then retire the beasts into [their] dens, and rest in their lairs.

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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