Job 4:11

The old lion perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.

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WEBBE

The old lion perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.

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.

ASV

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.

BBE

The old lion comes to his end for need of food, and the young of the she-lion go wandering in all directions.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.