Job 4:11
The old lion has perished for want of food, 1 And the lions’ whelps have forsaken one another. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 49:9Judah is a lion’s whelp: 1 From the tender plant, my son, thou art gone up, 1 Having couched thou liest as a lion, 1 And as a whelp; who shall stir him up? 1
Numbers 24:9He lay down, he rested as a lion, and as a young lion; 1 Who shall stir him up? 1 They that bless thee are blessed, 1 And they that curse thee are cursed.
Job 8:3Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; 1 Or will he that has made all things pervert justice? 1
Job 38:39And wilt thou hunt a prey for the lions? 1 And satisfy the desires of the serpents? 1
Psalms 34:10All my bones shall say, O Lord, who is like to thee? 1 Delivering the poor out of the hand of them that are stronger than he, 1 Yea, the poor and needy one from them that spoil him. 1
Jeremiah 4:7The lion is gone up from his lair, he has roused himself to the destruction of the nations, and has gone forth out of his place, to make the land desolate; and the cities shall be destroyed, so as to be 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 →