Job 38:39-41 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bible Comments

Job 38:39 to Job 39:30. The Wonders of the Animate Creation. In Job 38:39 f. God first names the lion. Man would rather hunt and destroy the lion than feed him. But God cares for the lion as well as for man. So also for the raven (Job 38:41); but perhaps as the raven seems out of place here among the beasts, we should read, Who provideth at evening its food? In this case Job 38:41 continues the description of God's care of the lion.

Job 38:39-41

39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetitej of the young lions,

40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.