Job 38:39
37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions
- KJV
- Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
- WEB
- “Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
- ASV
- Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
- DARBY
- Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
- BLB
- Can you hunt prey for a lion, or satisfy the life of young lions,
- ÅB
- Jager du rov for løvinnen, og metter du de grådige ungløver,
- OTB
- «Kan du jakte bytte for løvinnen
og tilfredsstille de unge løvenes hunger - B1930
- Jager du rov for løvinnen, og metter du de grådige ungløver,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 104:21
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Read in contextJob 4:10–11
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
Read in contextPsalms 34:10
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
Read in contextPsalms 145:15–16
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
Read in context