Job 38:40

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

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In Context

39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

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

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Cross References

Numbers 23:24Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: 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 dens, and remain in their places.

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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