Job 4:11

9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.

12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.

13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth 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

    The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

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  • Job 38:39

    Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

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  • Job 8:3–4

    Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

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  • 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.

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  • Jeremiah 4:7

    The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.

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  • Psalms 7:2

    Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

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  • Numbers 24:9

    He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

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  • Hosea 11:10

    They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.

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