Job 37:8

8 And the wild beasts come in under the covert, and rest in lair.

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 commanding the snow, Be thou upon the earth, and the stormy rain, and the storm of the showers of his might.

7 He seals up the hand of every man, that every man may know his own weakness.

8 And the wild beasts come in under the covert, and rest in lair.

9 Troubles come on out of the secret chambers, and cold from the mountain-tops.

10 And from the breath of the Mighty One he will send frost; and he guides the water in whatever way he pleases.