Job 38:40

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

When they bow down in dens—Abide in a thicket for a covert?

YLT

When they bow down in dens — Abide in a thicket for a covert?

DBY

When they crouch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the thicket to lie in wait?

DRC

When they couch in the dens and lie in wait in holes?

GNV39:2

When they couch in their places, and remaine in the couert to lye in waite?

JPS

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

LXXE

For they fear in their lairs, and lying in wait couch in the woods.

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WLC

כִּי־יָשֹׁ֥חוּ בַמְּעוֹנ֑וֹת יֵשְׁב֖וּ בַסֻּכָּ֣ה לְמוֹ־אָֽרֶב׃

LXX-Br

Δεδοίκασι γὰρ ἐν κοίταις αὐτῶν, κάθηνται δὲ ἐν ὕλαις ἐνεδρεύοντες.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 37:8The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens.
• Numbers 23:24Behold, 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 24:9He 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.”
• Genesis 49:9Judah 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?

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