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Job 38:37-39
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37 Who can number all the rain clouds
    and empty the cisterns of the heavens
38 so that the dust solidifies into a thick mass
    and the clods of earth cling together?

A2: The Astonishing World of the Animals[a]

The Lion and the Raven

39 “Can you hunt prey for the lioness
    or satisfy the hunger of young lions

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:39 The animal world, too, is a bewildering world for human beings. God brings them before Job as he once did before Adam (Gen 2:19-20); however, his purpose now is to show not the power, but the weakness and ignorance of human beings: the life of the animals has secrets that elude the human grasp and depend on a higher wisdom.
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Job 38:37-39
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37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?
    Who can tip over the water jars(A) of the heavens(B)
38 when the dust becomes hard(C)
    and the clods of earth stick together?(D)

39 “Do you hunt the prey for the lioness
    and satisfy the hunger of the lions(E)

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