Job 38:39

And wilt thou hunt a prey for the lions? 1 And satisfy the desires of the serpents? 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

In Context

38For it is spread out as dusty earth, 1 And I have cemented it as one hewn stone to another. 1

40For they fear in their lairs, 1 And lying in wait couch in the woods. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 34:10All my bones shall say, O Lord, who is like to thee? 1 Delivering the poor out of the hand of them that are stronger than he, 1 Yea, the poor and needy one from them that spoil him. 1

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 →

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