Psalms 104:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.”
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BSBPD
“The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“The young lions are roaring for prey, And to seek from God their food.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 104:21 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 38:39Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions
- Job 38:41Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
- Psalms 34:10Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
- Psalms 145:15The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.
- Psalms 147:9He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
- Isaiah 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.
- Ezekiel 19:2and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.
- Joel 1:18How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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