38:41 Who prepares prey for the raven,
when its young cry out to God
and wander about 1 for lack of food?
39:4 Their young grow strong, and grow up in the open; 2
they go off, and do not return to them.
1 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 suggest “and stagger for lack of food.”
2 tn The idea is that of the open countryside. The Aramaism is found only here.