Job 38:39 · KJV
“Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, {the appetite: Heb. the life}”
— Job 38:39
When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? {groweth...: or, is turned into mire: Heb. is poured}
When they couch in {their} dens, {and} abide in the covert to lie in wait?
Job 38 — Context
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, {stay: Heb. cause to lie down}
38When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? {groweth...: or, is turned into mire: Heb. is poured}
39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, {the appetite: Heb. the life}
40When they couch in {their} dens, {and} abide in the covert to lie in wait?
41Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
Cross References
Psalms 104:21
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Psalms 34:10
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good {thing}.
Job 4:10-11
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
Psalms 145:15-16
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. {wait...: or, look unto}