Job 4:10

The strength of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, 1 And the exulting cry of serpents are quenched. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

In Context

9They shall perish by the command of the Lord, 1 And shall be utterly consumed by the breath of his wrath. 1

11The old lion has perished for want of food, 1 And the lions’ whelps have forsaken one another. 1

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Cross References

Job 29:17And I broke the jaw teeth of the unrighteous; 1 I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth. 1

Psalms 57:4Sinners have gone astray from the womb: 1 They go astray from the belly: they speak lies. 1

Psalms 58:7They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city. 1

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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