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Job 38:40

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— When they crouch in [their] dens [And] lie in wait in [their] lair?
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— When they couch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the covert to lie in wait?
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— When they couch in their dens, [and] abide in the covert to lie in wait?
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— When they couch in their dens, [And] abide in the covert to lie in wait?
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— When they couch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the covert to lie in wait?
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— When they crouch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the thicket to lie in wait?
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— When they settle down in dens, abide in covert, for lying in wait?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— When they bow down in dens—Abide in a thicket for a covert?
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— When they couch in the dens and lie in wait in holes?
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— When they couch in their places, and remaine in the couert to lye in waite?
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— When they couch in their dennes, [and] abide in the couert to lie in waite?
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Who has multiplied the beasts in the field? Or who has provided food for the raven?
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— For they fear in their lairs, and lying in wait couch in the woods.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— When they couch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the covert to lie in wait?

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
When x3588
(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
they couch 7817
{7817} Prime
שָׁחַח
shachach
{shaw-khakh'}
A primitive root; to sink or depress (reflexively or causatively).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
in [their] dens, 4585
{4585} Prime
מְעוֹנָה
m@`ownah
{meh-o-naw'}
Feminine of H4583, and meaning the same.
[and] abide 3427
{3427} Prime
יָשַׁב
yashab
{yaw-shab'}
A primitive root; properly to sit down (specifically as judge, in ambush, in quiet); by implication to dwell, to remain; causatively to settle, to marry.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
in the covert 5521
{5521} Prime
סֻכָּה
cukkah
{sook-kaw'}
Feminine of H5520; a hut or lair.
to y3926
[3926] Standard
לְמוֹ
l@mow
{lem-o'}
A prolonged and separable form of the prefixed preposition; to or for.
lie in wait? 695
{0695} Prime
אֶרֶב
'ereb
{eh'-reb}
From H0693; ambuscade.
x3926
(3926) Complement
לְמוֹ
l@mow
{lem-o'}
A prolonged and separable form of the prefixed preposition; to or for.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Job 38:40

_ _ lie in wait? — for their prey (Psalms 10:9).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Job 38:25-41.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

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?
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.
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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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Gn 49:9. Nu 23:24; 24:9.

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