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40 when they crouch in their dens,
when they wait in ambush in the thicket?
41 Who prepares prey for the raven,
when its young cry out to God
and wander about[a] for lack of food?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:41 tn The verse is difficult, making some suspect that a line has dropped out. The little birds in the nest hardly go wandering about looking for food. Dhorme suggests “and stagger for lack of food.”

40 when they crouch in their dens(A)
    or lie in wait in a thicket?(B)
41 Who provides food(C) for the raven(D)
    when its young cry out to God
    and wander about for lack of food?(E)

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40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

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

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