en_tn_lite_do_not_use/job/38/40.md

# Connecting Statement:

The rhetorical question that begins with the words "Can you hunt" in verse 39 ends here.

# when they are crouching ... to lie in wait?

The rhetorical question that begins with the words "Can you hunt" in verse 39 ends here. This can be translated as a statement. "You know that you cannot hunt down ... when they are crouching ... to lie in wait." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])

# dens

A "den" is a lair or shelter where lions live.

# sheltering in hiding

"hiding in a thicket." Lions hide in thick vegetation when hunting their prey.

# to lie in wait

The implied information is that the lions are hiding and waiting for their prey to come near. Alternate translation: "to lie waiting for a victim" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])