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Job 38:40 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? "
Job 38:40
Verse in Context
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When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
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?
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
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Job 38:1
"Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,"
Job 38:2
"Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?"
Job 38:3
"Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer"
Job 38:4
"Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding."
Job 38:5
"Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line"
Job 38:6
"Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone"
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