Job 38:40

40 when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in a thicket?

Job 38:40 in Other Translations

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

40 when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in their thicket?

40 as they lie in their dens or crouch in the thicket?

40 As they crouch in their den, waiting hungrily in their cave?

40 When they couch in their dens, [And] abide in the covert to lie in wait?

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

40 when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait within their lairs?

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 when the dust becomes hard and the clods of earth stick together?

39 “Do you hunt the prey for the lioness and satisfy the hunger of the lions

40 when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in a thicket?

41 Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?

Cross References

• 1. S Job 37:8
• 2. S Genesis 49:9