Job 4:11
Even a lion dies from lack of food, and the lioness' cubs are scattered.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
In Context
10Lions may roar and growl, but their teeth still break.
12A word quietly crept up on me; a whisper reached my ear.
Cross References
Genesis 49:9My son Judah is a young lion coming back from eating its prey. He crouches and lies down like a lion. Like a lion, who would dare to disturb him?
Numbers 24:9They are like a lion that crouches and lies down. They are like a lioness that nobody dares to disturb. Those who bless you will be blessed; those who curse you will be cursed.”
Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
Job 38:39Can you hunt prey for the lion? Can you feed the lion cubs
Psalms 34:10Lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who trust in the Lord have all that is good.
Jeremiah 4:7A lion has left his hiding place; a destroyer of nations has started out. He has left his den to come and turn your country into a wasteland. Your towns will be demolished, and no one will live there.
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 →