Job 4:11

The tiger hath perished for want of prey, and the young lions are scattered abroad.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.

In Context

10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the whelps of lions are broken:

12Now there was a word spoken to me in private, and my ears by stealth as it were received the veins of its whisper.

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Cross References

Genesis 49:9Juda is a lion's whelp: to the prey, my son, thou art gone up: resting thou hast couched as a lion, and as a lioness, who shall rouse him?

Numbers 24:9Lying down he hath slept as a lion, and as a lioness, whom none shall dare to rouse. He that blesseth thee, shall also himself be blessed: he that curseth thee shall be reckoned accursed.

Job 8:3Doth God pervert judgment, or doth the Almighty overthrow that which is just?

Job 38:39Wilt thou take the prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of her whelps,

Psalms 34:10Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

Jeremiah 4:7The lion is come up out of his den, and the robber of nations hath roused himself: he is come forth out of his place, to make thy land desolate: thy cities shall be laid waste, remaining without an inhabitant.

Matthew Henry on Job 4:8-12

7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? 8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. 9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. 10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. 11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. Eliphaz here advances another argument to prove… Read the whole commentary →

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