Job 38:40 “when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?”

Job 38:40

when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Not included in this translation.

Darby Translation

When they crouch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the thicket to lie in wait?

Young's Literal Translation

When they bow down in dens — Abide in a thicket for a covert?

Bible in Basic English

When they are stretched out in their holes, and are waiting in the brushwood?

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Cross references

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

Genesis 49:9 Numbers 23:24 Numbers 24:9

Genesis 49:9 · BSB

Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?

Numbers 23:24 · BSB

Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”

Numbers 24:9 · BSB

He crouches, he lies down like a lion, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.”

Also

Job 37:8

Job 37:8 · BSB

The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

39Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions

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

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