Psalms 104:21
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
The young lyons roare after their pray: and seeke their meate from God.
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- Psalms 34:10Rank 3 from verse 21
- Ezekiel 19:2–14Rank 4 from verse 21
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.
2And say, What is thy mother? a lyonesse: shee lay downe among lions, she nourished her whelpes among yong lions.
3And shee brought vp one of her whelps: it became a yong lion, & it learned to catch the pray, it deuoured men.
4*The nations also heard of him, hee was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chaines vnto the land of Egypt.
5Now when she saw that shee had waited, and her hope was lost, then she tooke another of her whelps, and made him a yong lion.
6And he went vp and downe among the lions, he became a yong lion, and learned to catch the pray, and deuoured men.
7‖And he knew there desolate palaces, and he laied waste their cities, and the land was desolate, and the fulnesse thereof by the noise of his roaring.
8Then the nations set against him on euery side from the prouinces, and spread their net ouer him: he was taken in their pit.
9‖And they put him in ward in chaines, and brought him to the king of Babylon, they brought him into holds, that his voyce should no more be heard vpon the mountaines of Israel.
10¶ ‖Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters, she was fruitfull and full of branches by reason of many waters,
11And she had strong rods for the scepters of them that beare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thicke branches, & she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
12*But she was plucked vp in fury: she was cast downe to the ground, and the East wind dryed vp her fruite: her strong rods were broken and withered, the fire consumed them.
13And now she is planted in the wildernesse, in a dry and thirsty ground.
14And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath deuoured her fruite, so that she hath no strong rod to be a scepter to rule: this is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
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.
22Be not afraid, yee beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wildernesse doe spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine doe yeeld their strength.
- Isaiah 31:4Rank 7 from verse 21
4For 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.
4‖For thus hath the LORD spoken vnto me; Like as the lyon and the yong lyon roaring on his pray, when a multitude of shepheards is called foorth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himselfe for the noyse of them: so shall the LORD of hostes come downe to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
- Psalms 145:15Rank 10 from verse 21
- Psalms 147:9Rank 11 from verse 21
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Psalms 104:21
1. Early in life or growth. 2. Offspring or young persons or creatures.
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Sense 1: Large powerful wild cats. Sense 2: Figures of strength, fierceness, danger, or royal power.
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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.
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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.
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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.
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Sense 1: Food, nourishment, sustenance, or provision. Sense 2: Figuratively, that which nourishes or sustains.
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The one true God.
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20Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
20†Thou makest darknesse, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forrest doe creepe forth.
21The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
21The young lyons roare after their pray: and seeke their meate from God.
Selected passage22The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
22The sunne ariseth, they gather themselues together: and lay them downe in their dennes.