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Psalm 104

Psa. 104:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The young lions
kphiyr (Hebrew #3715)
a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
KJV usage: (young) lion, village. Compare 3723.
Pronounce: kef-eer'
Origin: from 3722
a roar
sha'ag (Hebrew #7580)
to rumble or moan
KJV usage: X mightily, roar.
Pronounce: shaw-ag'
Origin: a primitive root
after their prey
tereph (Hebrew #2964)
something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, food
KJV usage: leaf, meat, prey, spoil.
Pronounce: teh'-ref
Origin: from 2963
, and seek
baqash (Hebrew #1245)
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
Pronounce: baw-kash'
Origin: a primitive root
their meat
'okel (Hebrew #400)
food
KJV usage: eating, food, meal(-time), meat, prey, victuals.
Pronounce: o'-kel
Origin: from 398
from God
'el (Hebrew #410)
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
KJV usage: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
Pronounce: ale
Origin: shortened from 352
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Job 38:39• 39Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions, (Job 38:39)

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Cross References

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The young.
Psa. 34:10• 10The young lions are in need and suffer hunger; but they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good. (Psa. 34:10)
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Job 38:39• 39Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions, (Job 38:39)
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Isa. 31:4• 4For thus hath Jehovah said unto me: Like as the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, is not afraid of their voice, nor giveth way before the multitude of them; so will Jehovah of hosts come down to war upon mount Zion, and on the hill thereof. (Isa. 31:4)
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Ezek. 19:2‑14• 2and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps in the midst of the young lions.
 3And she brought up one of her whelps; it became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
 4And the nations heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with nose-rings into the land of Egypt.
 5And when she saw that she had waited and her hope was lost, she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
 6And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
 7And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities, so that the land was desolate, and all it contained, by the noise of his roaring.
 8Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.
 9And they put him in a cage with nose-rings, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
 10Thy mother was as a vine, in thy rest, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
 11And it had strong rods for sceptres of them that bear rule, and its stature was exalted between the thick boughs; and it was conspicuous by its height with the multitude of its branches.
 12But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit; its strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
 13And now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground:
 14and a fire is gone out of a rod of its branches, which hath devoured its fruit; so that it hath no strong rod to be a sceptre for ruling. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation. (Ezek. 19:2‑14)
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Amos 3:4• 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? (Amos 3:4)
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Psa. 147:9• 9Who giveth to the cattle their food, to the young ravens which cry. (Psa. 147:9)
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Job 38:41• 41Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto *God, and they wander for lack of meat? (Job 38:41)
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Joel 1:18,20• 18How do the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are bewildered, for they have no pasture; the flocks of sheep also are in suffering.
 20The beasts of the field also cry unto thee; for the water-courses are dried, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness. (Joel 1:18,20)
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Joel 2:22• 22Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring; for the tree beareth its fruit; the fig-tree and the vine yield full increase. (Joel 2:22)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The young lions roar after the prey, and to seek their food from *God.