Job 38:39
Dost thou hunt for the lioness her prey? and suppliest thou the food for the young lions,
Leeser Tanakh
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 is poured out as molten metal, and the clods are made to cleave fast together?
40When they are couched in their lairs, rest in the thicket, lying in wait?
Cross References
Psalms 34:10(34:11) The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but those who seek the Lord shall not want any good.
Psalms 145:15The eyes of all wait hopefully upon thee, and thou givest them their food in its 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 →