Job 38:39

Dost thou hunt for a lion prey? And the desire of young lions fulfil?

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

38In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?

40When they bow down in dens — Abide in a thicket for a covert?

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Cross References

Psalms 34:10Young lions have lacked and been hungry, And those seeking Jehovah lack not any good,

Psalms 145:15The eyes of all unto Thee do look, And Thou art giving to them their food in its 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 →

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