King James Version

Job 37:8

Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.

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וַתָּבֹ֣אvatavoand to comeבּוֹאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and to come”, the next action in the storyH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…חַיָּ֣הchayahlifeחַיnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “life”, the ordinary formH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.בְמוֹvemvoin intoבְּמוֹpreposition — “in into”H1119in, with, by, etc.for, in into, through.אָ֑רֶבarevdenאֶרֶבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “den”, the ordinary formH695ambuscadeden, lie in wait.וּבִמְע֖וֹנֹתֶ֣יהָuvimonoteyhaand in habitationמְעוֹנָהconjunction, preposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and in habitation”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4585{an abode, of God (the Tabernacle or the Temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair); hence, a retreat (asylum)}den, habitation, (dwelling) place, refuge.תִשְׁכֹּֽןtishkonabideשָׁכַןverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “abide”, an unfinished actionH7931to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then the beasts go into coverts, and remain in their dens.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then the beasts go into coverts, And remain in their dens.

Young’s Literal Translation

And enter doth the beast into covert, And in its habitations it doth continue.

World English Bible

Then the animals take cover, and remain in their dens.

Darby Translation

And the wild beast goeth into its lair, and they remain in their dens.

Douay-Rheims

Then the beast shall go into his covert, and shall abide in his den.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then the beasts go into coverts, and remain in their dens.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the wild beasts come in under the covert, and rest in their lair.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἰσῆλθε δὲ θηρία ὑπὸ τὴν σκέπην, ἡσύχασαν δὲ ἐπὶ κοίτης.