New Living Translation
Job 4:10
10The lion roars and the wildcat snarls, but the teeth of strong lions will be broken.
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
8My experience shows that those who plant trouble and cultivate evil will harvest the same. 9A breath from God destroys them. They vanish in a blast of his anger. The lion roars and the wildcat snarls, but the teeth of strong lions will be broken. 11The fierce lion will starve for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness will be scattered. 12“This truth was given to me in secret, as though whispered in my ear.
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שַׁאֲגַ֣ת אַ֭רְיֵה וְק֣וֹל שָׁ֑חַל וְשִׁנֵּ֖י כְפִירִ֣ים נִתָּֽעוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 4:10
- Job 29:17I broke the jaws of godless oppressors and plucked their victims from their teeth.
- Psalms 3:7Arise, O Lord! Rescue me, my God! Slap all my enemies in the face! Shatter the teeth of the wicked!
- Psalms 57:4I am surrounded by fierce lions who greedily devour human prey— whose teeth pierce like spears and arrows, and whose tongues cut like swords.
- Psalms 58:6Break off their fangs, O God! Smash the jaws of these lions, O Lord!
- Proverbs 30:14They have teeth like swords and fangs like knives. They devour the poor from the earth and the needy 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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