Job 4:11

The old lion perisheth for lack of teref (prey), 1 and the stout lionʼs cubs are scattered. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.

In Context

10The roaring of the aryeh, and the voice of the fierce lion, 1 and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. 1

12Now a davar was secretly brought to me, 1 and mine ear received a whisper thereof. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 49:9Yehudah is the cub of an aryeh (lion); 1 from the prey, beni (my son), thou hast gone up; 1 he stooped down, he couched like an aryeh, 1 and like a lioness; who shall rouse him? 1

Numbers 24:9He crouched, he lay down as an ari, 1 and as the lioness; who shall stir him up? 1 Mevarakhecha is he that makes a barucha on thee, 1 and cursed is he that curseth thee.

Job 8:3Doth El pervert mishpat (justice)? 1 Or doth Shaddai pervert tzedek? 1

Job 38:39Wilt thou hunt the teref for the lioness, 1 or fill the appetite of her whelps, 1

Psalms 34:10O fear Hashem, ye His Kedoshim; 1 for there is no lack to them that fear Him. 1

Jeremiah 4:7The aryeh (lion) is come up from his thicket, 1 and the Mashkhit Goyim (Destroyer of the Nations), + 4:7 i.e., Babylon is on his way, 1 he is gone forth from his place to make thy eretz desolate; 1 and thy cities shall be made to lie in ruins, without an inhabitant. 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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