God’s Word Translation
Job 37:8
8Animals go into their dens and stay in their lairs.
Job 37:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
- New International Version (NIV)The animals take cover; they remain in their dens.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then the beasts go into their lairs, and remain in their dens.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The beasts go into dens, And remain in their lairs.
Context of Job 37:8
6“He says to the snow, ‘Fall to the ground,’ and to the pouring rain, ‘Rain harder!’ 7He makes it impossible to do anything so that people will recognize his work. Animals go into their dens and stay in their lairs. 9A storm comes out of its chamber. It is cold because of the strong winds. 10God’s breath produces ice, and the seas freeze over.
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וַתָּבֹ֣א חַיָּ֣ה בְמוֹ־אָ֑רֶב וּבִמְע֖וֹנֹתֶ֣יהָ תִשְׁכֹּֽן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 37:8
Commentaries on Job 37:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Then the beasts go into dens - In the winter. This fact appears to have been early observed, that in the season of cold the wild animals withdrew into caves, and that many of them became torpid. This fact Elihu adverts to as an illustration of the wisdom and greatness of God. The proof of his superintending care was seen in the fact that they withdrew from the cold in which they would perish, and that provision is made for their continuance in life at a…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. remain--rest in their lairs. It is beautifully ordered that during the cold, when they could not obtain food, many lie torpid, a state wherein they need no food. The desolation of the fields, at God's bidding, is poetically graphic.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 37
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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