The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.
Parallel translations
- KJV The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
- BSB The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food 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 1:20Yes, the animals of the field pant to you, for the water brooks have dried up, And the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
- Job 38:39“Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
- Ps 34:10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.
- Ezek 19:2–14and say, ‘What was your mother? A lioness. She couched among lions, in the middle of the young lions she nourished her cubs.
- Joel 2:22Don’t be afraid, you animals of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness spring up, for the tree bears its fruit. The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.
- Isa 31:4For Yahweh says to me, “As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds is called together against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for their noise, so Yahweh of Armies will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its heights.
- Job 38:41Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?
- Ps 147:9He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call.
- Joel 1:18How the animals groan! The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
- Ps 145:15The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season.
- Amos 3:4Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
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