Tree of Life Version
Job 4:11
11The mighty lion perishes for lack of prey and the lioness’ cubs 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The strong 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.
Context of Job 4:11
9By the breath of God they perish; by the blast of His anger they vanish. 10The lion may roar and the cub growl, but the teeth of young lions are broken. The mighty lion perishes for lack of prey and the lioness’ cubs are scattered. 12Now a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear caught a whisper of it. 13Amid unsettling visions in the night, when a 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“Do you hunt prey for the lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions,
- Genesis 49:9A lion’s cub is Judah— from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches, lies down like a lion, or like a lioness— who would rouse him?
- Numbers 23:24The people rise like a lioness, like a lion who does not rest until he eats his prey and drinks his victim’s blood!”
- Numbers 24:9He crouches like a lion or a lioness— who would rouse him? He who blesses you will be blessed, and he who curses you will be cursed.”
- Psalms 7:2Adonai my God, in You I have taken refuge. Save me from each of my persecutors, and deliver me.
- Jeremiah 4:7A lion has come up from his thicket— a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place to make your land a wasteland. Your cities will lie in ruins, without inhabitant.
- Hosea 11:10They will walk after Adonai. He will roar like a lion. Indeed, He will roar and the children will 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 proclaimed in full measure, and all the nations might hear—and I was rescued from the lion’s mouth!
- Psalms 34:10Fear Adonai, His kedoshim, For those who fear Him lack nothing.
- Job 1:19when suddenly a mighty wind came from beyond the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it collapsed on the young people and they died. And I—only I alone—escaped to tell you!”
- Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Does Shaddai pervert justice?
- Job 27:14If his children increase— it is for the sword. His offspring will never have enough to eat.
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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