Key Verse Spotlight
Job 38:38 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? {groweth...: or, is turned into mire: Heb. is poured}”
Job 38:38
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, {stay: Heb. cause to lie down}
When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? {groweth...: or, is turned into mire: Heb. is poured}
Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, {the appetite: Heb. the life}
When they couch in {their} dens, {and} abide in the covert to lie in wait?
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