Job 4:11
An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate.
Young's Literal Translation
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 a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken.
12And unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear a little of it.
Cross References
Genesis 49:9A lion's whelp [is] Judah, For prey, my son, thou hast gone up; He hath bent, he hath crouched as a lion, And as a lioness; who causeth him to arise?
Numbers 24:9He hath bent, he hath lain down as a lion, And as a lioness: who doth raise him up? He who is blessing thee [is] blessed, And he who is cursing thee [is] cursed.'
Job 8:3Doth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice?
Job 38:39Dost thou hunt for a lion prey? And the desire of young lions fulfil?
Psalms 34:10Young lions have lacked and been hungry, And those seeking Jehovah lack not any good,
Jeremiah 4:7Gone up hath a lion from his thicket, And a destroyer of nations hath journeyed, He hath come forth from his place To make thy land become a desolation, Thy cities are laid waste, 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 →