Job 37:8

8 The animals take cover; they remain in their dens.

Job 37:8 in Other Translations

8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.

8 Then the beasts go into their lairs, and remain in their dens.

8 The wild animals take cover and stay inside their dens.

8 Wild animals take shelter, crawling into their dens,

8 The wild animals enter [their] lairs and stay in their dens.

Job 37:8 Meaning and Commentary

Job 37:8

Then the beasts go into dens
When snow and rains are on the earth in great abundance, then the wild beasts of the field, not being able to prowl about, betake themselves to dens; where they lie in wait, lurking for any prey that may pass by, from whence they spring and seize it;

and remain in their places;
until the snow and rains are finished. As for other beasts, Olaus Magnus ^F13 observes, that when such large snows fall, that trees are covered with them, and the tender branches bend under the weight of them, they will come and abide under them, as in shady places, in great security, sheltered from the cold wind. The former may put us in mind of great personages, comparable to beasts of prey for their savageness and cruelty, who, when the day of God's wrath and vengeance is come, will flee to rocks and mountains, dens and caverns, there to hide themselves from it; ( Revelation 6:15-17 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 Ut supra. (De Ritu Gent. Septentr. l. 19. c. 15.)

Job 37:8 In-Context

6 He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’

7 So that everyone he has made may know his work, he stops all people from their labor.

8 The animals take cover; they remain in their dens.

9 The tempest comes out from its chamber, the cold from the driving winds.

10 The breath of God produces ice, and the broad waters become frozen.

Cross References

• 1. S Job 28:26
• 2. Job 38:40; Psalms 104:22