Job 38:39 BSB — MannaFest

Job 38:39

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

BSB

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ASV

Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion?.... From meteors the Lord passes to animals, beasts, and birds, wherefore some here begin the thirty ninth chapter, which only treats of such; and he begins with the lion, the strongest among beasts, and most fierce; cruel, and voracious; and asks, who hunts his prey for him?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Elihu had said, God speaks to men and they do not perceive it ( ch. xxxiii. 14 ); but this they could not but perceive, and yet we have a more sure word of prophecy, 2 Pet. i. When they had all had their saying, and yet had not gained their point, then it was time for God to interpose, whose judgment is according to truth.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? - The appeal here is to the instincts with which God has endowed animals, and to the fact that he had so made them that they would secure their own food. He asks Job whether he would undertake to do what the lion did by instinct in finding his food, and by his power and skill in seizing his prey. There was a wise adaptation of the lion for this purpose which man could neither originate nor explain.

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֲתָצ֣וּד	ha.ta.Tzud	¿ will you hunt	H6679 →
לְלָבִ֣יא	le.la.Vi'	for a lion	H3833 →
טָ֑רֶף	Ta.ref	prey	H2964 →
וְחַיַּ֖ת	ve.chai.Yat	and [the] life of	H2416 →
כְּפִירִ֣ים	ke.fi.Rim	young lions	H3715 →
תְּמַלֵּֽא׃	te.ma.Le'	will you fill?	H4390 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 34:10
Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
leads to
- Psalms 84:11
  For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
- Matthew 6:32
  For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
- Psalms 104:21
  The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
- Luke 1:51–53
  He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
- Job 4:10–11
  The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
Through
Psalms 104:21
The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
leads to
- Joel 1:20
  Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.
- Psalms 34:10
  Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
- Ezekiel 19:2–14
  and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Job