King James Version
Job 38:39 in the King James Version says “Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, the appetite: Heb. the life” — study this verse from Job chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, the appetite: Heb. the life”
Job 38:39 · KJV
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, stay: Heb. cause to lie down
When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? groweth: or, is turned into mire: Heb. is poured
Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, the appetite: Heb. the life
When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“for the lion”
H3833a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;))
“the appetite”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
“of the young lions”
H3715a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
“or fill”
H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
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