KJV King James Version
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
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Psalm 104:21
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
WEB World English Bible
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.
ASV American Standard Version
The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The young lions are roaring for prey, And to seek from God their food.
Surrounding context — Psalm 104
18 The high hills [are] a refuge for the wild goats; [and] the rocks for the conies.
19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep [forth].
21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
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Joel 1:20The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.Job 38:39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,Psalm 34:10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good [thing].Ezekiel 19:2-14And say, What [is] thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.Joel 2:22Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.Job 38:41Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.Isaiah 31:4For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, [he] will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.Psalm 147:9He giveth to the beast his food, [and] to the young ravens which cry.Joel 1:18How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.Psalm 145:15The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.Amos 3:4Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
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