English Standard Version
Job 4:11
11The strong lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
Job 4:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
- New International Version (NIV)The lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The old lion perishes for lack of prey, And the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The fierce lion will starve for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness will be scattered.
Context of Job 4:11
9By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed. 10The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions are broken. The strong lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered. 12"Now a word was brought to me stealthily; my ear received the whisper of it. 13Amid thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
Read all of Job 4Job 4:11 word by word
לַ֭יִשׁ אֹבֵ֣ד מִבְּלִי־טָ֑רֶף וּבְנֵ֥י לָ֝בִ֗יא יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 4:11
- Job 38:39"Can you hunt the prey for the lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
- Genesis 49:9Judah is a lion's cub; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down; he crouched as a lion and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?
- Numbers 23:24Behold, a people! As a lioness it rises up and as a lion it lifts itself; it does not lie down until it has devoured the prey and drunk the blood of the slain."
- Numbers 24:9He crouched, he lay down like a lion and like a lioness; who will rouse him up? Blessed are those who bless you, and cursed are those who curse you."
- Psalms 7:2lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.
- Jeremiah 4:7A lion has gone up from his thicket, a destroyer of nations has set out; he has gone out from his place to make your land a waste; your cities will be ruins without inhabitant.
- Hosea 11:10They shall go after the Lord; he will roar like a lion; when he roars, his children shall come trembling from the west;
- 2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's mouth.
- Psalms 34:10The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
- Job 1:19and behold, a great wind came across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young people, and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you."
- Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
- Job 27:14If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword, and his descendants have not enough bread.
Commentaries on Job 4:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11The old lion perisheth - In this and the preceding verse the word lion occurs five times; and in the original the words are all different: - אריה aryeh, from ארה arah, to tear off. שחל shachal, which as it appears to signify black or dark, may mean the black lion, which is said to be found in Ethiopia and India. כפיר kephir, a young lion, from כפר caphar, to cover, because he is said to hide himself in order to surprise his prey, which the old one does…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11The old lion - The word used here, לישׁ layı̂sh denotes a lion, “so called,” says Gesenius,” from his strength and bravery,” or, according to Urnbreit, the lion in the strength of his old ago; see an examination of the word in Bochart, Hieroz. P. i. Lib. iii. c. 1, p. 720. Perisheth for lack of prey - Not withstanding his strength and power. That is, such a thing sometimes occurs. Eliphaz could not maintain that it always happened. The meaning seems to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-11Verses 7-11 Eliphaz argues, 1. That good men were never thus ruined. But there is one event both to the righteous and to the wicked, Ec 9:2, both in life and death; the great and certain difference is after death. Our worst mistakes are occasioned by drawing wrong views from undeniable truths. 2. That wicked men were often thus ruined: for the proof of this, Eliphaz vouches his own observation. We may see the same every day.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1110-11. lion--that is, wicked men, upon whom Eliphaz wished to show that calamities come in spite of their various resources, just as destruction comes on the lion in spite of his strength (Psa 58:6; 2Ti 4:17). Five different Hebrew terms here occur for "lion." The raging of the lion (the tearer), and the roaring of the bellowing lion and the teeth of the young lions, not whelps, but grown up enough to hunt for prey. The strong lion, the whelps of the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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