Job 4:11
The strong lion perishing for lack of prey, Even the whelps of the lioness, are scattered.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
In Context
12But, unto me, something was brought by stealth,—and mine ear caught a whispering of the same:
Cross References
Genesis 49:9A lion’s whelp, is Judah, From the prey, my son hast thou come up! He hath stooped—hath crouched As a lion—or as a lioness, Who shall rouse him?
Numbers 24:9He hath knelt—hath lain down, Like a strong lion, yea like a lioness, Who shall rouse him up? Such as bless thee are each one blessed, But, such, as curse thee, are each one cursed.
Job 8:3Should, GOD, pervert justice? Or, the Almighty, pervert righteousness?
Job 38:39Wilt thou hunt—for the Lioness—prey? Or, the craving of the Strong Lion, wilt thou satisfy;
Psalms 34:10Young lions, have come short, and suffered hunger, but, they who seek Yahweh, shall not lack any good thing.
Jeremiah 4:7There hath come up a lion out of his thicket, Yea, a destroyer of nations—hath set forward, hath come forth out of his place,—To make thy land a desolation, Thy cities, shall fall in ruins, so as to have no 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 →