Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered. New Living Translation The fierce lion will starve for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness will be scattered. English Standard Version The strong lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered. Berean Standard Bible The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered. King James Bible The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. New King James Version The old lion perishes for lack of prey, And the cubs of the lioness are scattered. New American Standard Bible “The lion perishes for lack of prey, And the cubs of the lioness are scattered. NASB 1995 “The lion perishes for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered. NASB 1977 “The lion perishes for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered. Legacy Standard Bible The lion perishes for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered. Amplified Bible “The lion perishes for lack of prey, And the cubs of the lioness are scattered. Christian Standard Bible The strong lion dies if it catches no prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered. Holman Christian Standard Bible The strong lion dies if it catches no prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered. American Standard Version The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad. Aramaic Bible in Plain English A lion perishes from want, he has no prey, and the offspring of the lionesses are scattered Brenton Septuagint Translation The old lion has perished for want of food, and the lions' whelps have forsaken one another. Contemporary English Version they starve, and their children are scattered. Douay-Rheims Bible The tiger hath perished for want of prey, and the young lions are scattered abroad. English Revised Version The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad. GOD'S WORD® Translation The old lions die without any prey [to eat], and the cubs of the lioness are scattered. Good News Translation Like lions with nothing to kill and eat, they die, and all their children are scattered. International Standard Version Full grown lions die when they cannot find prey; that's when the lion cubs are scattered. JPS Tanakh 1917 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad. Literal Standard Version An old lion is perishing without prey, | And the whelps of the lioness separate. Majority Standard Bible The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered. New American Bible The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered. NET Bible The mighty lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered. New Revised Standard Version The strong lion perishes for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered. New Heart English Bible The old lion perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad. Webster's Bible Translation The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. World English Bible The old lion perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad. Young's Literal Translation An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Eliphaz: The Innocent Prosper…10The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken. 11The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered. 12Now a word came to me secretly; my ears caught a whisper of it.… Cross References Job 5:4 His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender. Job 5:15 He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful. Job 20:10 His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth. Job 27:14 Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food. Job 29:17 I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth. Psalm 34:10 Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing. Treasury of Scripture The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. old lion. Job 38:39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, Genesis 49:9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? Numbers 23:24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. perisheth. Psalm 34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing. the stout. Job 1:19 And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. Job 8:3,4 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? … Job 27:14,15 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread… Jump to Previous Abroad Cubs Directions End Food Lion Lion's Need Perishes Perisheth Perishing Prey Scattered Separate She-Lion Stout Strong Wandering Whelps YoungJump to Next Abroad Cubs Directions End Food Lion Lion's Need Perishes Perisheth Perishing Prey Scattered Separate She-Lion Stout Strong Wandering Whelps YoungJob 4 1. Eliphaz reproves Job that the innocent do not suffer7. He teaches God's judgments to be not for the righteous, but for the wicked. 12. His fearful vision to humble the excellency of creatures before God. (11) The old lion perisheth . . .--This means that even though wickedness is joined with strength, it is equally unable to prosper. It is to be observed that no less than five different words are here used for lion, showing that these animals must have been common and of various kinds in Job's country.Verse 11. - The old lion perisheth for lack of prey. The human counterpart of the "old lion" is the oppressor whose strength and cunning begin to fail him, who can no longer carry things with a high hand, enforce his will on men by bluster and throats, or even set traps for them so skilfully that they blindly walk into them. Political charlatans whose role is played out, bullies whose nerve is beginning to fail, cardsharpers whose manual dexterity has de-sorted them, come under this category. And the stout lion's whelps; rather, the whelps of the lioness (see the Revised Version). Are scattered abroad. Even the seed of ill-doers suffer. They are involved in their parents' punishment (see Exodus 20:5). Eliphaz darkly hints that Job may have been among the class of oppressors, or (at any rate) of transgressors, and that the untimely fate of his children may have been the consequence of his evil-doings. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The old lionלַ֭יִשׁ (la·yiš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3918: A lion perishes אֹבֵ֣ד (’ō·ḇêḏ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish for lack מִבְּלִי־ (mib·bə·lî-) Preposition-m | Adverb Strong's 1097: Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as of prey, טָ֑רֶף (ṭā·rep̄) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2964: Something torn, a fragment, a fresh leaf, prey, food and the cubs וּבְנֵ֥י (ū·ḇə·nê) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son of the lioness לָ֝בִ֗יא (lā·ḇî) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3833: To roar, a lion, are scattered. יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃ (yiṯ·pā·rā·ḏū) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 6504: To break through, spread, separate Links Job 4:11 NIVJob 4:11 NLT Job 4:11 ESV Job 4:11 NASB Job 4:11 KJV Job 4:11 BibleApps.com Job 4:11 Biblia Paralela Job 4:11 Chinese Bible Job 4:11 French Bible Job 4:11 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 4:11 The old lion perishes for lack (Jb) |
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