Job 4:11
9 By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
10 The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
12 Now a word came to me secretly; my ears caught a whisper of it.
13 In disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
- KJV
- The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
- WEB
- The old lion perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.
- ASV
- The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
- DARBY
- The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
- BLB
- The lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
- ÅB
- Løven omkom av mangel på rov, og løvinnens unger ble adspredt.
- OTB
- Løven går til grunne for mangel på bytte,
og løvinnenes unger blir spredt. - B1930
- Løven omkom av mangel på rov, og løvinnens unger blev adspredt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 34:10
Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
Read in contextJob 38:39
Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions
Read in contextJob 8:3–4
Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
Read in contextJob 1:19
when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
Read in contextJeremiah 4:7
A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.
Read in contextPsalms 7:2
or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
Read in contextNumbers 24:9
He crouches, he lies down like a lion; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.”
Read in contextHosea 11:10
They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.
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