The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
Parallel translations
- WEB The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.
- KJV The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
- NKJV The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God.
- NASB The young lions roar for their prey And seek their food from God.
- NLT Then the young lions roar for their prey, stalking the food provided by God.
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Quick answer
The young lions roar after prey, seeking their food from God. Even the fiercest predators depend on the Creator's provision.
Overview
The lions' hunting is portrayed as a seeking of food from God Himself, who feeds even the wild beasts. Their strength does not free them from dependence on Him. This providence assures God's people that the Father who feeds the lions will surely care for His children, as Christ taught.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Joel 1:20Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.
- Job 38:39Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions
- Ps 34:10Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
- Ezek 19:2–14and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.
- Joel 2:22Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.
- Isa 31:4For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.
- Job 38:41Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
- Ps 147:9He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
- Joel 1:18How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
- Ps 145:15The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.
- Amos 3:4Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?
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