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Job 38:40
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when they crouch in their densand lie in wait within their lairs?
When they crouch in their dens, And lie in wait in the thicket?
When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in their thicket?
while they lie in their dens or hide in the bushes waiting to attack?
when they crouch in their dens, when they wait in ambush in the thicket?
When they crouch in their dens And lie in wait in their lair?
When they crouch in their hiding places, And lie in wait in their lair?
When they crouch in their dens, And lie in wait in the thicket?
When they couch in their places, and remaine in the couert to lye in waite?
When they crouch in their densAnd lie in wait in their lair?
when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?
Do you send an animal into their den?
when they crouch in their dens or lie in ambush in their lairs?
When they crouch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the thicket to lie in wait?
No, they hide in their caves or wait in the grass, ready to attack their prey.
Who has multiplied the beasts in the field? Or who has provided food for the raven?
when they hide in their caves, or lie in wait in their dens?
when they are crouched in the dens, when they lie in the thicket in an ambush?
when they crouch in dens, and sit in the cover of their hiding place?
lyege in their denes & lurkinge in their couches?
When they couch in their dens, And abide in the covert to lie in wait?
When they are stretched out in their holes, and are waiting in the brushwood?
When they couch in their dennes, and abide in the couert to lie in waite?
When they couche in their places, and tarie in the couert to lye in wayte?
For they fear in their lairs, and lying in wait couch in the woods.
When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
whanne tho liggen in caues, and aspien in dennes?
When they couch in their dens, [And] abide in the covert to lie in wait?
When they couch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the covert to lie in wait?
When they crouch in their dens, Or lurk in their lairs to lie in wait?
as they lie in their dens or crouch in the thicket?
when they lie in their own place in the rock, or wait in their hiding place?
when they crouch in their dens, or lie in wait in their covert?
When they settle down in dens, abide in covert, for lying in wait?
When they couch in the dens and lie in wait in holes?
when they crouch in their dens, or lie in wait in their covert?
When they bow down in dens -- Abide in a thicket for a covert?
When they crouch in their dens And lie in wait in their lair?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Genesis 49:9, Numbers 23:24, Numbers 24:9
Reciprocal: Genesis 1:24 - Let
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 Nahum 2:11.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
When they couch in their dens - For the purpose of springing upon their prey.
And abide in the covert to lie in wait? - The usual posture of the lion when he seeks his prey. He places himself in some unobserved position in a dense thicket, or crouches upon the ground so as not to be seen, and then springs suddenly upon his victim. The common method of the lion in taking his prey is to spring or throw himself upon it from the place of his ambush, with one vast bound and to inflict the mortal blow with one stroke of his paw. If he misses his aim, however, he seldom attempts another spring at the same object, but deliberately returns to the thicket in which he lay in concealment. See the habits of the lion illustrated in the Edinburgh Encyclopedia, “Mazology.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 38:40. When they couch in their dens — Before they are capable of trusting themselves abroad.
Abide in the covert — Before they are able to hunt down the prey by running. It is a fact that the young lions, before they have acquired sufficient strength and swiftness, lie under cover, in order to surprise those animals which they have not fleetness enough to overtake in the forest; and from this circumstance the כפירים kephirim, "young lions, or lions' whelps," have their name: the root is כפר caphar, to cover or hide. Job 4:11, where six different names are given to the lion, all expressing some distinct quality or state.
