Job 38:40

40 as they crouch in their dens and lie ready to ambush from their lairs?

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 when the dirt hardens into clumps and the soil clings together?

39 "Can you hunt prey for the lioness and satisfy the hunger of her cubs

40 as they crouch in their dens and lie ready to ambush from their lairs?

41 "Who provides food for the crow when its young ones cry to God and wander around in need of food?