Job 38:39

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“Do you hunt prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of the lions,

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 104:21 : 21 The lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God.
  • Ps 145:15-16 : 15 Everything looks to you in anticipation, and you provide them with food on a regular basis. 16 You open your hand, and fill every living thing with the food they desire.
  • Job 4:10-11 : 10 There is the roaring of the lion and the growling of the young lion, but the teeth of the young lions are broken. 11 The mighty lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
  • Ps 34:10 : 10 Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

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    40when they crouch in their dens, when they wait in ambush in the thicket?

    41Who prepares prey for the raven, when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?

  • Amos 3:4
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    4Does a lion roar in the woods if he has not cornered his prey? Does a young lion bellow from his den if he has not caught something?

  • Ps 104:20-21
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    20You make it dark and night comes, during which all the beasts of the forest prowl around.

    21The lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God.

  • Nah 2:11-12
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    11Taunt against the Once-Mighty Lion Where now is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, lioness, and lion cub once prowled and no one disturbed them?

    12The lion tore apart as much prey as his cubs needed and strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his lairs with prey and his dens with torn flesh.

  • Ps 17:12
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    12He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.

  • Job 4:10-11
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    10There is the roaring of the lion and the growling of the young lion, but the teeth of the young lions are broken.

    11The mighty lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

  • Ezek 19:2-3
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    2and say:“‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay among young lions; she reared her cubs.

    3She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.

  • Ezek 19:5-6
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    5“‘When she realized that she waited in vain, her hope was lost. She took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

    6He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.

  • Isa 5:29
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    29Their roar is like a lion’s; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they drag it away and no one can come to the rescue.

  • Job 38:38
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    38when the dust hardens into a mass, and the clumps of earth stick together?

  • Ps 34:10
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    10Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

  • Job 39:1-2
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    1“Are you acquainted with the way the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young?

    2Do you count the months they must fulfill, and do you know the time they give birth?

  • Job 28:8
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    8Proud beasts have not set foot on it, and no lion has passed along it.

  • Job 39:29-30
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    29From there it spots its prey, its eyes gaze intently from a distance.

    30And its young ones devour the blood, and where the dead carcasses are, there it is.”

  • Gen 49:9
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    9You are a lion’s cub, Judah, from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches and lies down like a lion; like a lioness– who will rouse him?

  • Ps 58:6
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    6O God, break the teeth in their mouths! Smash the jawbones of the lions, O LORD!

  • Ps 22:13
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    13They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.

  • Prov 30:30
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    30a lion, mightiest of the beasts, who does not retreat from anything;

  • Job 41:5-7
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    5Can you play with it, like a bird, or tie it on a leash for your girls?

    6Will partners bargain for it? Will they divide it up among the merchants?

    7Can you fill its hide with harpoons or its head with fishing spears?

  • Job 40:20
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    20For the hills bring it food, where all the wild animals play.

  • Num 23:24
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    24Indeed, the people will rise up like a lioness, and like a lion raises himself up; they will not lie down until they eat their prey, and drink the blood of the slain.”

  • Job 41:1-2
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  • Job 10:16
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    16If I lift myself up, you hunt me as a fierce lion, and again you display your power against me.

  • Ps 35:17
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    17O Lord, how long are you going to watch this? Rescue me from their destructive attacks; guard my life from the young lions!

  • Jer 51:38
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    38The Babylonians are all like lions roaring for prey. They are like lion cubs growling for something to eat.

  • Ps 59:15
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    15They wander around looking for something to eat; they refuse to sleep until they are full.

  • Hos 13:7-8
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    7So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

    8I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs– I will rip open their chests. I will devour them there like a lion– like a wild animal would tear them apart.

  • Ps 10:9
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    9He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.

  • Ps 147:9
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    9He gives food to the animals, and to the young ravens when they chirp.

  • Job 37:8
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    8The wild animals go to their lairs, and in their dens they remain.

  • Job 39:27
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    27Is it at your command that the eagle soars, and builds its nest on high?

  • Isa 56:9
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    9The Lord Denounces Israel’s Paganism All you wild animals in the fields, come and devour, all you wild animals in the forest!

  • Ezek 38:13
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    13Sheba and Dedan and the traders of Tarshish with all its young warriors will say to you,“Have you come to loot? Have you assembled your armies to plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to haul away a great amount of spoils?”’

  • Jer 2:15
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    15Like lions his enemies roar victoriously over him; they raise their voices in triumph. They have laid his land waste; his cities have been burned down and deserted.

  • Job 6:5
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  • Isa 11:7
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    7A cow and a bear will graze together, their young will lie down together. A lion, like an ox, will eat straw.

  • Job 39:9
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    9Is the wild ox willing to be your servant? Will it spend the night at your feeding trough?

  • Job 39:11
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    11Will you rely on it because its strength is great? Will you commit your labor to it?