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Job 38:40

CreationGod's power and sovereignty

38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

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

41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

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BSB
when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?
KJV
When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
WEB
when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?
ASV
When they couch in their dens, [And] abide in the covert to lie in wait?
DARBY
When they crouch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the thicket to lie in wait?
BLB
when they crouch in the dens, dwelling in a thicket, lying in wait in [it]?
ÅB
når de dukker seg ned i sine huler og ligger på lur i krattet?
OTB
når de kryper sammen i sine huler
eller ligger på lur i sine skjul?
B1930
når de dukker sig ned i sine huler og ligger på lur i krattet?

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Cross references

  • Job 37:8

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

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  • Numbers 24:9

    He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

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  • Numbers 23:24

    Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

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  • Genesis 49:9

    Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

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