Job 38:39

“When a lioness and her cubs crouch in their dens or hide in a thicket, waiting for some animal to pass by that they can kill, can you find animals for a lioness to kill so that she and her cubs can eat the meat and not be hungry any more?

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

38with the result that the dry ground becomes hard as the dry ◄clods/lumps of soil► become wet and stick together?

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Cross References

Psalms 34:10Lions are usually very strong, but sometimes even young lions are hungry and become weak, but those who trust in Yahweh will ◄have everything/not lack any good thing► [LIT] that they need.

Psalms 145:15All of the creatures that you made expect that you will provide food for them, and you give them food when they need it.

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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