Job 4:11
The old lion perishes for lack of victims; 1 the cubs of the lioness are scattered everywhere. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
12Now a certain matter was secretly brought to me, 1 and my ear received a whisper about it. 1
Cross References
Genesis 49:9Judah is a lion's cub. My son, 1 you have gone up from your victims. 1 He stooped down, he crouched like a lion, like a lioness. 1 Who would dare to awaken him? 1
Numbers 24:9He crouches down like a lion, 2 like a lioness. Who dares disturb him? 1 May everyone who blesses him be blessed; 2 may everyone who curses him be cursed.”
Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? 1 Does the Almighty pervert righteousness? 1
Job 38:39Can you hunt down a victim for a lioness 1 or satisfy the appetite of her young lion cubs 1
Psalms 34:10The young lions sometimes lack food and suffer hunger, 1 but those who seek Yahweh will not lack anything good. 1
Jeremiah 4:7A lion is coming out from his thicket 1 and someone who will destroy nations is setting out. 1 He is leaving his place to bring horror to your land, 1 to turn your cities into ruins, where no one will live. 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 →