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Connecting Statement:
Yahweh continues to challenge Job.
General Information:
Yahweh uses a question to emphasize that he provides food for the ravens and Job does not. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
Who provides victims ... for lack of food?
This can be translated as a statement. AT: "Tell me who provides victims ... for lack of food." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
victims
"food." This refers to animals that ravens look for and can eat.
ravens
A raven is a large bird with shiny black feathers that feeds on dead animals.
cry out to God
The implied information is that the ravens are crying out for food. AT: "cry to God for help" or "cry out for God to give them food" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
stagger about
This means to walk around in an unsteady way.
for lack of food
"because they have no food" or "because they have nothing to eat"