Job 38:40
when they crouch in their dens, when they wait in ambush in the thicket?
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Referenced Verses
- Job 37:8 : 8 The wild animals go to their lairs, and in their dens they remain.
- Gen 49:9 : 9 You are a lion’s cub, Judah, from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches and lies down like a lion; like a lioness– who will rouse him?
- Num 23:24 : 24 Indeed, the people will rise up like a lioness, and like a lion raises himself up; they will not lie down until they eat their prey, and drink the blood of the slain.”
- Num 24:9 : 9 They crouch and lie down like a lion, and as a lioness, who can stir him? Blessed is the one who blesses you, and cursed is the one who curses you!’”
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- Job 38:38-392 verses85%
38 when the dust hardens into a mass, and the clumps of earth stick together?
39 “Do you hunt prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of the lions,
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41 Who prepares prey for the raven, when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?
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8 The wild animals go to their lairs, and in their dens they remain.
- Ps 104:20-223 verses78%
20 You make it dark and night comes, during which all the beasts of the forest prowl around.
21 The lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God.
22 When the sun rises, they withdraw and sleep in their dens.
- Ps 17:11-122 verses78%
11 They attack me, now they surround me; they intend to throw me to the ground.
12 He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.
- Ps 10:8-103 verses77%
8 He waits in ambush near the villages; in hidden places he kills the innocent. His eyes look for some unfortunate victim.
9 He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.
10 His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets.
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4 Does a lion roar in the woods if he has not cornered his prey? Does a young lion bellow from his den if he has not caught something?
- Nah 2:11-122 verses76%
11 Taunt against the Once-Mighty Lion Where now is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, lioness, and lion cub once prowled and no one disturbed them?
12 The lion tore apart as much prey as his cubs needed and strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his lairs with prey and his dens with torn flesh.
- Job 30:6-72 verses75%
6 so that they had to live in the dry stream beds, in the holes of the ground, and among the rocks.
7 They brayed like animals among the bushes and were huddled together under the nettles.
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18 but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives!
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13 They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.
- Job 40:20-212 verses74%
20 For the hills bring it food, where all the wild animals play.
21 Under the lotus trees it lies, in the secrecy of the reeds and the marsh.
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29 Their roar is like a lion’s; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they drag it away and no one can come to the rescue.
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10 ד(Dalet) To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey.
- Job 39:28-303 verses73%
28 It lives on a rock and spends the night there, on a rocky crag and a fortress.
29 From there it spots its prey, its eyes gaze intently from a distance.
30 And its young ones devour the blood, and where the dead carcasses are, there it is.”
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6 They stalk and lurk; they watch my every step, as they prepare to take my life.
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15 They wander around looking for something to eat; they refuse to sleep until they are full.
- Ps 64:4-52 verses72%
4 in order to shoot down the innocent in secluded places. They shoot at him suddenly and are unafraid of retaliation.
5 They encourage one another to carry out their evil deed. They plan how to hide snares, and boast,“Who will see them?”
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7 So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
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22 Let cries of terror be heard in their houses when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them. For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for me to step into.
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8 Proud beasts have not set foot on it, and no lion has passed along it.
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19 ק(Qof) Those who pursued us were swifter than eagles in the sky. They chased us over the mountains; they ambushed us in the wilderness.
- Job 39:1-22 verses71%
1 “Are you acquainted with the way the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young?
2 Do you count the months they must fulfill, and do you know the time they give birth?
- Job 4:10-112 verses70%
10 There is the roaring of the lion and the growling of the young lion, but the teeth of the young lions are broken.
11 The mighty lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
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6 O God, break the teeth in their mouths! Smash the jawbones of the lions, O LORD!
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4 Their young grow strong, and grow up in the open; they go off, and do not return to them.
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38 The Babylonians are all like lions roaring for prey. They are like lion cubs growling for something to eat.
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11 If they say,“Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.
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12 Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.
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9 He gives food to the animals, and to the young ravens when they chirp.
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6 He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.
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38 The LORD is like a lion who has left his lair. So their lands will certainly be laid waste by the warfare of the oppressive nation and by the fierce anger of the LORD.”
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15 She forgets that a foot might crush them, or that a wild animal might trample them.
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32 Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.
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9 The Lord Denounces Israel’s Paganism All you wild animals in the fields, come and devour, all you wild animals in the forest!
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5 Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they go out to their labor seeking diligently for food; the arid rift valley provides food for them and for their children.