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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 38:39-41

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.

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See also Job 38:39-41 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 38:39. _WILT THOU HUNT THE PREY FOR THE LION?_] Rather the _lioness_, or _strong lion_. Hast thou his instinct? Dost thou know the _habits_ and _haunts_ of such animals as he seeks for his f...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WILT THOU HUNT THE PREY FOR THE LION? - The appeal here is to the instincts with which God has endowed animals, and to the fact that he had so made them that they would secure their own food. He asks...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER S 38:39--39:30 _ 1. The beasts of prey (Job 38:39)_ 2. The wild goats, the ass, the unicorn and the ostrich (Job 39:1) 3. The horse, the hawk and the eagle (Job 39:19)...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The lion. _wilt thou hunt_ Rather, DOST THOU HUNT THE PREY FOR THE LIONESS? That the lioness is enabled to catch her prey is due to some power which brings it into her hand. Is it Job, perhaps, that...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Job 38:39 Ch. Job 39:30. The manifoldness of the Divine Mind as displayed in the world of animal life The instances chosen are the lion and the raven (Job 38:39); the wild goats and the hinds (ch....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _THE SHATTERING OF SILENCE_ VI. THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND THE PENITENCE OF JOB (Job 38:1, Job 42:6) A. INTEGRITY, CERTAINTY, AND KNOWLEDGE (Job 38:1, Job 40:2) 1.

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _WILT THOU HUNT THE PREY FOR THE LION? OR FILL THE APPETITE OF THE YOUNG LIONS,_ From this verse to Job 39:30 the instincts of animals are discussed. Is it thou that givest it the instinct to hunt it...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    38:39 appetite (a-14) Lit. 'life.' see ch. 33.20....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FIRST SPEECH OF THE ALMIGHTY (JOB 38:39) The marvels of creation, which witness to the infinite wisdom, power, and watchful care of the Creator, are presented to Job in such a way as to force fro...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 38 GOD BEGINS HIS SPEECH...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    There is a difference between the behaviour of lions and ravens. Ravens are large birds. Lions are strong animals. But most of the time, they rest. They might wait under a bush. It is as if they are...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WILT THOU HUNT THE PREY? — The new chapter ought to begin here with this verse, inasmuch as the animal creation now passes under review....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הֲ תָצ֣וּד לְ לָבִ֣יא טָ֑רֶף וְ חַיַּ֖ת

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XXVII. "MUSIC IN THE BOUNDS OF LAW" Job 38:1 OVER the shadowed life of Job, and the world shadowed for him by his own intellectual and moral gloom, a storm sweeps, and from the storm issues a voice....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    WHAT MAN CANNOT DO Job 38:19 In this chapter a number of nature-pictures pass before us. These include the creation of the earth, Job 38:4; the sea, Job 38:8; light,...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here begins the third movement in the great drama, that which deals with the controversy between Jehovah and Job. Out of the midst of the whirlwind the divine voice speaks. Its first word is a challen...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Wilt (a) thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, (a) After he had declared God's works in the heavens, he shows his marvellous providence in earth, even toward the b...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _And satisfy. Septuagint, "or fill the souls of the dragons?" (Haydock) --- Here Hebrew editions commence the following chapter, (Calmet) and are followed by Protestants (Haydock) and others, as the p...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (4) В¶ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. (5) Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? ...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    God Speaks Job Repents I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week we covered a lot of territory! 1. We finished with Elihu's speeches to Job and found that, although he was a lot more accurate in what he had to...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 38 THROUGH 42. Jehovah then speaks, and addressing Job, carries on the subject. He makes Job sensible of his nothingness. Job confesses himself to be vile, an...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    WILT THOU HUNT THE PREY FOR THE LION?.... From meteors the Lord passes to animals, beasts, and birds, wherefore some here begin the thirty ninth chapter, which only treats of such; and he begins with...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, Ver. 39. _Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion?_] Heb. For the old lion, as Nehemiah 2:9, that cannot hunt for himself....

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion?_ Is it by thy care and providence that the lions, who live in desert places, are furnished with necessary provisions? This is justly mentioned as another wonderf...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    GOD'S POWER IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion, or the lioness, OR FILL THE APPETITE OF THE YOUNG LIONS, appeasing their constant craving for food,...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    Marvellously, God Himself directly intervenes in this discussion so early in the history of man. The storm that had been brewing as Elihu spoke becomes a whirlwind, and God spoke to Job out of the whi...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    THE APPETITE: _ Heb._ the life...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    Is Job the author of the instinct that enables lions to hunt for their prey, or does he have the power and wisdom to feed all the lions each day? What. task, to feed the lions every day, yet God does...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    25-41 Hitherto God had put questions to Job to show him his ignorance; now God shows his weakness. As it is but little that he knows, he ought not to arraign the Divine counsels; it is but little he...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Is it by thy care and providence that the lions, who live in desert places, are furnished with necessary provisions? This is justly mentioned as another wonderful work of God....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 38:39 hunt H6679 (H8799) prey H2964 lion H3833 satisfy H4390 (H8762) appetite H2416 lions H3715 Wilt -

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: God's challenge to Job. CHARACTERS: God, Job. CONCLUSION: Those who try to call God to account, will be called to account. Seeking to establish one's own character and darkening the counse...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 38:1. _The whirlwind._ Clouds and flames are the chariots of the Lord, in deigning to speak with men. When he spake to Elijah in Horeb, it was with wind, and fire, and earthquake. Likewise in Psal...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _JEHOVAH’S ADDRESS TO JOB_ Elihu had now said all he intended. Possibly interrupted by the storm which had been gathering during his speech. Out of the storm-cloud, from which already issued thunders...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    CLOSE OF THE CONTROVERSY BY THE INTERFERENCE OF THE ALMIGHTY. EXPOSITION The discourse, by which the Almighty answers Job and rebukes his "friends," occupies four chapters (ch. 38-41.). It is broken...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou m...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Job 4:10; Job 4:11; Psalms 104:21; Psalms 145:15; Psalms 145:16;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    GOD SPEAKS TO JOB Job 38:1 _to Job 42:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS God's words to Job do not carry much by way of the explanation of redemption. Job was a child of God, and well-instructed on those lines....

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Hunt — Is it by thy care that the lions who live in desert places are furnished with necessary provisions? This is another wonderful work of God....

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