Key Verse Spotlight
Job 38:40 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“When they couch in {their} dens, {and} abide in the covert to lie in wait?”
Job 38:40
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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?
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
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