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Job 38:39

Job 38:39 is verse 39 of Job chapter 38, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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

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King James Version

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

World English Bible

“Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

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Job 38:37–41 · Berean Standard Bible

37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens

38 when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?

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

40 when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?

41 Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Job 4:10

The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.

Job 4:11

The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

Psalms 34:10

Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

Psalms 104:21

The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.

Psalms 145:15

The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.

Psalms 145:16

You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

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