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Job 38:41

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← Job 38:40	Job 38:41 (KJV)	Job 39:1 →
When they couch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the covert to lie in wait?	Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.	Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? [or] canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Who provideth^H3559 for the raven^H6158 his food^H6718? when his young ones^H3206 cry^H7768 unto God^H410, they wander^H8582 for lack^H1097 of meat^H400.

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Original Hebrew

מִי יָכִין לָעֹרֵב צֵידֹו כִּי־ [יְלָדֹו כ] (יְלָדָיו ק) אֶל־אֵל יְשַׁוֵּעוּ יִתְעוּ לִבְלִי־אֹכֶל׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
מִ֤י	mi	H4310	HTi	who?
יָכִ֥ין	ya.Khin	H3559	HVhi3ms	does he prepare
לָ/עֹרֵ֗ב	la./'o.Rev	H6158	HRd/Ncmsa	for the/ raven
צֵ֫יד֥/וֹ	tzei.D/o	H6718	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	food-supply/ its
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	if
ילד/ו	yeled	H3206	HNcmsc/Sp3ms
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
אֵ֣ל	'el	H410	HNcmsa	God
יְשַׁוֵּ֑עוּ	ye.sha.Ve.'u	H7768	HVpi3mp	they will cry for help
יִ֝תְע֗וּ	yit.'U	H8582	HVqi3mp	they will wander about
לִ/בְלִי	li/v.li-	H1097	HR/Tn	for/ not
אֹֽכֶל	'O.khel	H400	HNcmsa	food

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H400 — אֹכֶל (ʼôkel, o'-kel): from אָכַל; food; eating, food, meal(-time), meat, prey, victuals.
• H410 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): shortened from אַיִל; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity); God (god), [idiom] goodly, [idiom] great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in '-el.'
• H1097 — בְּלִי (bᵉlîy, bel-ee'): from בָּלָה; properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.; corruption, ig(norantly), for lack of, where no...is, so that no, none, not, un(awares), without.
• H3206 — יֶלֶד (yeled, yeh'-led): from יָלַד; something born, i.e. a lad or offspring; boy, child, fruit, son, young man (one).
• H3559 — כּוּן (kûwn, koon): a primitive root; properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous); certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-) stablish, stand, tarry, [idiom] very deed.
• H6158 — עֹרֵב (ʻôrêb, o-rabe'): or עוֹרֵב; from עָרַב; a raven (from its dusky hue); raven.
• H6718 — צַיִד (tsayid, tsah'-yid): from a form of צוּד and meaning the same; the chase; also game (thus taken); (generally) lunch (especially for a journey); [idiom] catcheth, food, [idiom] hunter, (that which he took in) hunting, venison, victuals.
• H7768 — שָׁוַע (shâvaʻ, shaw-vah'): a primitive root; properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from some trouble); cry (aloud, out), shout.
• H8582 — תָּעָה (tâʻâh, taw-aw'): a primitive root; to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both; (cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make to) err, pant, seduce, (make to) stagger, (cause to) wander, be out of the way.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H4310 — מִי (mîy, me): an interrogative pronoun of persons, as מָה is of things,; who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix; any (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.

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