Job 4:11
An old lion is perishing without prey, || And the whelps of the lioness separate.
Literal Standard 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
12And a thing is secretly brought to me, || And my ear receives a little of it.
Cross References
Genesis 49:9A lion’s whelp [is] Judah, || For prey, my son, you have gone up; He has bent, he has crouched as a lion, || And as a lioness; who causes him to arise?
Numbers 24:9He has bent, he has lain down as a lion, || And as a lioness, who raises him up? He who is blessing you [is] blessed, || And he who is cursing you [is] cursed.”
Job 8:3Does God pervert judgment? And does the Mighty One pervert justice?
Job 38:39Do you hunt prey for a lion? And fulfill the desire of young lions?
Psalms 34:10Young lions have lacked and been hungry, || And those seeking YHWH do not lack any good,
Jeremiah 4:7A lion has gone up from his thicket, || And a destroyer of nations has journeyed, || He has come forth from his place || To make your land become a desolation, || Your cities are laid waste, without 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 →