King James Version
Job 38:40 in the King James Version says “When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?” — study this verse from Job chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?”
Job 38:40 · KJV
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“in their dens”
H4585an abode, of god (the tabernacle or the temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair); hence, a retreat (asylum)
“and abide”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
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