richmahn_en_tn/job/38/39.md

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Connecting Statement:

Yahweh continues to challenge Job.

General Information:

Yahweh uses a question to emphasize that he knows how to feed the lions and Job does not. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

Can you hunt down ... to lie in wait?

This can be translated as a statement. AT: "Tell me if you can hunt down ... to lie in wait." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

a victim

"prey." This is an animal that a lion could eat.

lioness

This is a female lion.

appetite

"hunger"

of her young lion cubs

"of young lions." These are young lions that are old enough to hunt for themselves.

dens

A "den" is a lair or shelter where lions live.

sheltering in hiding

"hiding in a thicket." Lions hide in thick vegetation when hunting their prey.

to lie in wait

The implied information is that the lions are hiding and waiting for their prey to come near. AT: "to lie waiting for a victim" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

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