“Wilt thou seize the prey for the lioness, and fill the soul of her whelps? 25. She is doubtless that lioness, of which Job was saying, when he saw proud Judaea passed over by the preaching of the Church; The children of the dealers have not trodden it, nor hath the lioness passed through it. [Job 28, 8] The Lord there…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXX
Original
39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
Modern
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In context
37Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
38When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
— Job 38:39 —
40When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
41Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.