God’s Word Translation
Job 4:10
10Though the roar of the lion and the growl of the ferocious lion ⌞is loud⌟, the young lions have had their teeth knocked out.
Job 4:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
- New International Version (NIV)The lions may roar and growl, yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions are broken.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The roaring of the lion, The voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken.
Context of Job 4:10
8Whenever I saw those who plowed wickedness and planted misery, they gathered its harvest. 9God destroys them with his breath and kills them with a blast of his anger. Though the roar of the lion and the growl of the ferocious lion ⌞is loud⌟, the young lions have had their teeth knocked out. 11The old lions die without any prey ⌞to eat⌟, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered. 12“I was told something secretly and heard something whispered in my ear.
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שַׁאֲגַ֣ת אַ֭רְיֵה וְק֣וֹל שָׁ֑חַל וְשִׁנֵּ֖י כְפִירִ֣ים נִתָּֽעוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 4:10
- Job 29:17I broke the teeth of the wicked person and made him drop the prey out of his mouth.
- Psalms 3:7Arise, O Lord! Save me, O my God! You have slapped all my enemies in the face. You have smashed the teeth of wicked people.
- Psalms 57:4My soul is surrounded by lions. I must lie down with man-eating lions. Their teeth are spears and arrows. Their tongues are sharp swords.
- Psalms 58:6O God, knock the teeth out of their mouths. Break the young lions’ teeth, O Lord.
- Proverbs 30:14A certain kind of person, whose teeth are like swords and whose jaws are ⌞like⌟ knives, devours oppressed people from the earth and people from among humanity.
Commentaries on Job 4:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10The roaring of the lion - By the roaring lion, fierce lion, old lion, stout lion, and lion's whelps, tyrannous rulers of all kinds are intended. The design of Eliphaz in using these figures is to show that even those who are possessed of the greatest authority and power - the kings, rulers, and princes of the earth - when they become wicked and oppressive to their subjects are cast down, broken to pieces, and destroyed, by the incensed justice of the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10The roaring of the lion - This is evidently a continuation of the argument in the preceding verses, and Eliphaz is stating what had occurred under his own observation. The expressions have much of a proverbial cast, and are designed to convey in strong poetic language what he supposed usually occurred. There can be no reasonable doubt here that he refers to men in these verses, for (1) It is not true that the lion is destroyed in this manner. No more…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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