Job 38:40

40 Some of them lie low in their dens. Others lie waiting in the bushes.

Job 38:40 Meaning and Commentary

Job 38:40

When they couch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the covert to
lie in wait?
] Which some understand of old lions, who, for want of strength, lie couchant in their dens, or in some covert place, waiting for any prey that passes by, to seize upon it. But the same pasture and places are used by younger lions, as well as old ones; who are emblems of wicked men, cruel persecutors, and bloodthirsty tyrants, who fill their palaces and kingdoms with murder and rapine; see ( Psalms 10:8-10 ) ( Nahum 2:11 Nahum 2:12 ) .

Job 38:40 In-Context

38 I tip them over when the ground becomes hard. I do it when the dirt sticks together.

39 "Do you hunt for food for mother lions? Do you satisfy the hunger of their cubs?

40 Some of them lie low in their dens. Others lie waiting in the bushes.

41 Who provides food for ravens when their babies cry out to me? They wander around because they do not have anything to eat.