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Psalms 104:21

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The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
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  1. Job 38:39Rank 1 from verse 21
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    39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

  2. Joel 1:20Rank 2 from verse 21
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    20The 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.

  3. Psalms 34:10Rank 3 from verse 21
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    10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.

  4. Ezekiel 19:2–14Rank 4 from verse 21
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    2And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

    3And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

    4The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.

    5Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

    6And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.

    7And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.

    8Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.

    9And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

    10¶ Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

    11And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.

    12But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.

    13And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.

    14And 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.

  5. Joel 2:22Rank 5 from verse 21
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    22Be 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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Psalms 104:21

COMBINED MEANING

young

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1. Early in life or growth. 2. Offspring or young persons or creatures.

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COMBINED MEANING

lions

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Sense 1: Large powerful wild cats. Sense 2: Figures of strength, fierceness, danger, or royal power.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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roar

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Sense 1: A deep, loud, prolonged cry or sound. Sense 2: To make such a sound, especially in distress or fierceness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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prey

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1. A person, animal, possession, or spoil seized or pursued to be taken, plundered, or devoured. 2. To seize, plunder, or take by force.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

meat

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Sense 1: Food, nourishment, sustenance, or provision. Sense 2: Figuratively, that which nourishes or sustains.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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20Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

21The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.

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22The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.

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