when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?
Parallel translations
- KJV When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
- BSB when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?
- NKJV When they crouch in their dens, Or lurk in their lairs to lie in wait?
- NASB When they crouch in their hiding places, And lie in wait in their lair?
- NLT as they lie in their dens or crouch in the thicket?
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Quick answer
The lions crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket, yet it is God who satisfies them. Their survival is his doing.
Overview
Continuing from the previous verse, God describes the lions lying in ambush as he meets their need. Their hunting succeeds because the Creator supplies them. The picture reinforces God's care for wild creatures that owe nothing to human hands.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Job 37:8Then the animals take cover, and remain in their dens.
- Num 24:9He couched, he lay down as a lion, as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Everyone who blesses you is blessed. Everyone who curses you is cursed.”
- Num 23:24Behold, the people rises up as a lioness. As a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain.”
- Gen 49:9Judah is a lion’s cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?
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