Job 38:39

Translations

Modern

Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions

Traditional

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

Literal

Can you hunt prey for a lion, or satisfy the life of young lions,

Latin

Numquid capies leænæ prædam, et animam catulorum ejus implebis,

Original

Hebrew

English

Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions

Notes

Job 38:1–40:5

God challenges Job. Job admits he cannot judge the moral world. God shows Job's ignorance of the natural world's elements related to the realm of heaven, weather, animals, and birds (38:4–21; 22–38; 39–39:30).

Theme notes and profiles

Complaints God’s Uniqueness

Events

Job's Trialc. 1650 BC

Related verses

Psalm 104:21
The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
Psalm 34:10
Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
Job 4:10–11
The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
Psalm 145:15–16
The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.

Glossary

Book of Job Proverbs, Book of Wisdom Literature

Topics

Blessing: Temporal, from God God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To The Lion: God Provides For

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