King James Version
Job 37:8 in the King James Version says “Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.” — study this verse from Job chapter 37 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.”
Job 37:8 · KJV
For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. likewise: Heb. and to the shower of rain, and to the showers of rain of his strength
He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. south: Heb. chamber north: Heb. scattering winds
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
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“Then the beasts”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
“in their places”
H4585an abode, of god (the tabernacle or the temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair); hence, a retreat (asylum)
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