Job 38:39
Can thou hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
In Context
38when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together?
40when they couch in their dens, [and] abide in the covert to lie in wait?
Cross References
Psalms 34:10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek LORD shall not want any good thing.
Psalms 145:15The eyes of all wait for thee, and thou give them their food in due season.
Matthew Henry on Job 38:26-41
God's Sovereign Dominion and Goodness. ( b. c. 1520.) 25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; 26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? 28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? 29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? 30 The… Read the whole commentary →