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Job 38:40

Job 38:40 is verse 40 of Job chapter 38, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?

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King James Version

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

World English Bible

when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?

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Job 38:38–41 · Berean Standard Bible

38 when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?

39 Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions

40 when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?

41 Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Genesis 49:9

Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?

Numbers 23:24

Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”

Numbers 24:9

He crouches, he lies down like a lion; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.”

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