The Meaning of Job 38:41 Explained

Job 38:41

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

YLT: Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.

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

ASV: Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, And wander for lack of food?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 38:41 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 38:19-41 - What Man Cannot Do
In this chapter a number of nature-pictures pass before us. These include the creation of the earth, Job 38:4-7; the sea, Job 38:8-11; light, Job 38:12-15; the mysteries of the unseen, Job 38:16-18; snow and rain, Job 38:22-30; the constellations of heaven, Job 38:31-38; and the recesses of the forest-glades, Job 38:39-41.
What does it all mean? Ah! there are times when the voice of God through nature falls on our hearts like sweet music, and we hardly know whence or how, but we are comforted and strengthened. The peace passes understanding. Besides, the frequent question, Hast thou? was intended to turn Job's attention to the great mysteries contained in common and ordinary things. If he could not unravel these, how could he hope to fathom all the wonderful dealings of God with the human soul? His ways are above ours and His thoughts higher than ours; but we are sure from Calvary that He is love. Let us quiet ourselves, therefore, and trust. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 38

1  God challenges Job to answer
4  God, by his mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance
31  and weakness

What do the individual words in Job 38:41 mean?

who provides for the raven food when - its young ones to God cry and wander about for lack of food
מִ֤י יָכִ֥ין לָעֹרֵ֗ב ؟ צֵ֫יד֥וֹ כִּֽי־ [ילדו] (יְ֭לָדָיו) אֶל־ אֵ֣ל יְשַׁוֵּ֑עוּ יִ֝תְע֗וּ לִבְלִי־ אֹֽכֶל

יָכִ֥ין  provides 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: כּוּן 
Sense: to be firm, be stable, be established.
לָעֹרֵ֗ב  for  the  raven 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹרֵב  
Sense: raven.
؟ צֵ֫יד֥וֹ  food 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: צַיִד 
Sense: hunting, game.
[ילדו]  - 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
(יְ֭לָדָיו)  its  young  ones 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: יֶלֶד  
Sense: child, son, boy, offspring, youth.
אֵ֣ל  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
יְשַׁוֵּ֑עוּ  cry 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁוַע  
Sense: (Piel) to cry out (for help), shout.
יִ֝תְע֗וּ  and  wander  about 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: תָּעָה  
Sense: to err, wander, go astray, stagger.
לִבְלִי־  for  lack 
Parse: Preposition-l, Adverb
Root: בְּלִי 
Sense: wearing out adv of negation.
אֹֽכֶל  of  food 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֹכֶל  
Sense: food.

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