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Psalms 104:21

104:20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. beasts: Heb. beasts thereof do trample on the forest
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.

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

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

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

104:22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.

What does Psalms 104:21 mean?

Psalms 104:21 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include כְּפִיר (kᵉphîyr), שָׁאַג (shâʼag), טֶרֶף (ṭereph).

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The
young
lionsכְּפִירkᵉphîyr/kef-eer'/H3715a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
roarשָׁאַגshâʼag/shaw-ag'/H7580to rumble or moan
after
their
prey,טֶרֶףṭereph/teh'-ref/H2964something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, food
and
seekבָּקַשׁbâqash/baw-kash'/H1245to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
their
meatאֹכֶלʼôkel/o'-kel/H400food
from
God.אֵלʼêl/ale/H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 104:21.

Amos 3:4

Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing? cry: Heb. give forth his voice

Isaiah 5:29

Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.

Ezekiel 19:3

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

Ezekiel 19:6

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

Ezekiel 22:25

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.

Isaiah 31:4

For 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. noise: or, multitude

Jeremiah 2:15

The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. yelled: Heb. gave out their voice

Jeremiah 51:38

They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps. yell: or, shake themselves

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What does Psalms 104:21 say?

Psalms 104:21 (King James Version) reads: "The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God."

Is Psalms 104:21 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 104:21 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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