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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• 39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill 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 do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. (Psa. 34:10)
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Job 38:39• 39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, (Job 38:39)
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Isa. 31:4• 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. (Isa. 31:4)
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Ezek. 19:2‑14• 2And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
 3And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
 4The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
 5Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then 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, and devoured men.
 7And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, 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 ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
 10Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
 11And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
 12But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
 13And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.
 14And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. 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• 9He giveth to the beast his food, and 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, 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 perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
 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. (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 her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength. (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.