Job 38:40
When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
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Referenced Verses
- Job 37:8 : 8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
- Gen 49:9 : 9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
- Num 23:24 : 24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
- Num 24:9 : 9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
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- Job 40:20-212 verses74%
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- Job 39:28-303 verses73%
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