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Job Chapter 4 verse 11 Holy Bible

ASV Job 4:11

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
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BBE Job 4:11

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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DARBY Job 4:11

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
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KJV Job 4:11

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
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WBT Job 4:11

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
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WEB Job 4:11

The old lion perishes for lack of prey, The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.
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YLT Job 4:11

An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(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.