38:27 to satisfy a devastated and desolate land,
and to cause it to sprout with vegetation? 1
38:39 “Do you hunt prey for the lioness,
and satisfy the appetite 2 of the lions,
1 tn Heb “to cause to sprout a source of vegetation.” The word מֹצָא (motsa’) is rendered “mine” in Job 28:1. The suggestion with the least changes is Wright’s: צָמֵא (tsame’, “thirsty”). But others choose מִצִּיָּה (mitsiyyah, “from the steppe”).
2 tn Heb “fill up the life of.”