Job 38:40

For they fear in their lairs, 1 And lying in wait couch in the woods. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

39And wilt thou hunt a prey for the lions? 1 And satisfy the desires of the serpents? 1

41And who has prepared food for the raven? 1 For its young ones wander and cry to the Lord, 1 In search of food.

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Cross References

Numbers 23:24Behold, the people shall rise up as a lion’s whelp, 1 And shall exalt himself as a lion; 1 He shall not lie down till he have eaten the prey, 1 And he shall drink the blood of the slain.

Job 37:8And the wild beasts come in under the covert, 1 And rest in their lair. 1

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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