Job 38:39 · KJV

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

King James Version

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Passage Context

³⁷Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

³⁸When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

³⁹Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

⁴⁰When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

⁴¹Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

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Reflection Questions

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Life Application

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