Job 38:40

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

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  • Job 37:8 : 8 The beasts retreat to their dens and dwell in their shelters.
  • Gen 49:9 : 9 'Judah is a lion's cub; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stoops down, he crouches like a lion, and like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?
  • Num 23:24 : 24 'The people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion. They will not lie down until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.'
  • Num 24:9 : 9 He crouched, he lay down like a lion, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him? Those who bless you will be blessed; those who curse you will be cursed.

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