Job 4:10
The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
9From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger consumed.
11An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate.
Cross References
Job 29:17And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.
Psalms 57:4My soul [is] in the midst of lions, I lie down [among] flames — sons of men, Their teeth [are] a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalms 58:7They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.
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 →