Psalms 104 · Verse 21

Psalms 104:21

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

Psalms 104:21 in other translations

BSBThe young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
WEBThe young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.
ASVThe young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God.
YLTThe young lions are roaring for prey, And to seek from God their food.
DARBYThe young lions roar after the prey, and to seek their food from God.
BBEThe young lions go thundering after their food; searching for their meat from God.
WebsterThe young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.

What does Psalms 104:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 104:20-23

20-23. He provides and adapts to man's wants the appointed times and seasons.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 The young lions roar after their prey - It is said of the lion, that his roaring is so terrible as to astonish and quite unnerve the beast which he pursues; so that, though fleeter than himself, it falls down and becomes an easy prey.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 104:19-30

We are to praise and magnify God for the constant succession of day and night. And see how those are like to the wild beasts, who wait for the twilight, and have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness. Does God listen to the language of mere nature, even in ravenous creatures, and shall he not much more interpret favourably the language of grace in his own people, though weak and broken groanings which…

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Psalms 104:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַ֭כְּפִירִיםHa.ke.fi.rimthe young lionsH3715
שֹׁאֲגִ֣יםsho.'a.Gim[are] roaringH7580
לַטָּ֑רֶףla.Ta.reffor the preyH2964
וּלְבַקֵּ֖שׁu.le.va.Keshand to seekH1245
מֵאֵ֣לme.'Elfrom GodH410
אָכְלָֽם\׃'a.khe.Lamfood theirH400

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 104:21

  • Joel 1:20

    The 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.

  • Job 38:39

    Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

  • Psalms 34:10

    The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.

  • Joel 2:22

    Be 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.

  • Ezekiel 19:2-14

    And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt. Now 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. …

  • Job 38:41

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

  • 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?

  • Joel 1:18

    How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 147:9

    He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

  • Psalms 145:15

    The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The young.
34:10; Job 38:39; Isa 31:4; Eze 19:2-14; Am 3:4
seek.
147:9; Job 38:41; Joe 1:18,20; 2:22

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Context

  • Psalms 104:20

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

  • Psalms 104:21

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

  • Psalms 104:22

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

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Psalms 104:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Los leoncillos braman á la presa, y para buscar de Dios su comida.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Les lionceaux rugissent après la proie, et pour demander à ✶Dieu leur nourriture…
German
Elberfelder 1871
die jungen Löwen brüllen nach Raub und fordern von Gott ihre Speise.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Constituit eum dominum domus suæ, et principem omnis possessionis suæ: