Job 4:10
The lion roareth, and the fierce lion howleth — yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
9By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger are they consumed.
11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
Cross References
Job 29:17And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
Psalms 57:4(57-5) My soul is among lions, I do lie down among them that are aflame; even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalms 58:7(58-8) Let them melt away as water that runneth apace; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
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 →