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Psalms 104:21

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— The young lions roar after their prey And seek their food from God.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— The young lions roar after the prey, and to seek their food from *God.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— The young lions, roaring for prey, And seeking, from GOD, their food.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— The young lions are roaring for prey, And to seek from God their food.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— The young lions roaring after their prey, and seeking their meat from God.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— The lions roare after their praye, and seeke their meate at God.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— The young lyons roare after their pray: and seeke their meate from God.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— [even] young lions roaring for prey, and to seek meat for themselves from God.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from El.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
The young lions 3715
{3715} Prime
כְּפִיר
k@phiyr
{kef-eer'}
From H3722; a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane).
roar 7580
{7580} Prime
שָׁאַג
sha'ag
{shaw-ag'}
A primitive root; to rumble or moan.
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
after their prey, 2964
{2964} Prime
טֶרֶף
tereph
{teh'-ref}
From H2963; something torn, that is, a fragment, for example a fresh leaf, prey, food.
and seek 1245
{1245} Prime
בּקשׁ
baqash
{baw-kash'}
A primitive root; to search out (by any method; specifically in worship or prayer); by implication to strive after.
z8763
<8763> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 790
their meat 400
{0400} Prime
אֹכֶל
'okel
{o'-kel}
From H0398; food.
from ´Ël אֵל. 410
{0410} Prime
אֵל
'el
{ale}
Shortened from H0352; strength; as adjective mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity).
x4480
(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 104:20-23.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 104:19-30.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 104:21

Roar — They roar when they come within sight of their prey. Seek — Their roaring is a kind of natural prayer to God, for relief.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 104:21

The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat (l) from God.

(l) That is, they only find meat according to God's providence, who cares even for the brute beasts.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
The young:

Psalms 34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good [thing].
Job 38:39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
Isaiah 31:4 For 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.
Ezekiel 19:2-14 And say, What [is] thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. ... And 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.
Amos 3:4 Will 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?

seek:

Psalms 147:9 He giveth to the beast his food, [and] to the young ravens which cry.
Job 38:41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
Joel 1:18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
Joel 1:20 The 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 2:22 Be 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.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Jb 38:39, 41. Ps 34:10; 147:9. Is 31:4. Ezk 19:2. Jol 1:18, 20; 2:22. Am 3:4.

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