Job 4:11
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The tiger hath perished for want of prey, and the young lions are scattered abroad.

old lion.

Job 38:39 Wilt thou take the prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of her whelps,

Genesis 49:9 Juda is a lion's whelp: to the prey, my son, thou art gone up: resting thou hast couched as a lion, and as a lioness, who shall rouse him?

Numbers 23:24 Behold the people shall rise up as a lioness, and shall lift itself up as a lion: it shall not lie down till it devour the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

Numbers 24:9 Lying down he hath slept as a lion, and as a lioness, whom none shall dare to rouse. He that blesseth thee, shall also himself be blessed: he that curseth thee shall be reckoned accursed.

Psalm 7:2 Lest at any time he seize upon my soul like a lion, while there is no one to redeem me, nor to save.

Jeremiah 4:7 The lion is come up out of his den, and the robber of nations hath roused himself: he is come forth out of his place, to make thy land desolate: thy cities shall be laid waste, remaining without an inhabitant.

Hosea 11:10 They shall walk after the Lord, he shall roar as a lion: because he shall roar, and the children of the sea shall fear.

2 Timothy 4:17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that by me the preaching may be accomplished and that all the Gentiles may hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

perisheth.

Psalm 34:10 The rich have wanted, and have suffered hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not be deprived of any good.

the stout.

Job 1:19 A violent wind came on a sudden from the side of the desert, and shook the four corners of the house, and it fell upon thy children, and they are dead: and I alone have escaped to tell thee.

Job 8:3,4 Doth God pervert judgment, or doth the Almighty overthrow that which is just? . . .

Job 27:14,15 If his sons be multiplied, they shall be for the sword, and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread. . . .

Context
Eliphaz: The Innocent Prosper
10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the whelps of lions, are broken: 11The tiger hath perished for want of prey, and the young lions are scattered abroad.12Now there was a word spoken to me in private, and my ears by stealth, as it were, received the veins of its whisper.…
Cross References
Job 5:4
His children shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate, and there shall be none to deliver them.

Job 5:15
But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.

Job 20:10
His children shall be oppressed with want, and his hands shall render to him his sorrow.

Job 27:14
If his sons be multiplied, they shall be for the sword, and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread.

Job 29:17
I broke the jaws of the wicked man, and out of his teeth I took away the prey.

Psalm 34:10
The rich have wanted, and have suffered hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not be deprived of any good.

Lexicon
The old lion
לַ֭יִשׁ (la·yiš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3918: A lion

perishes
אֹבֵ֣ד (’ō·ḇêḏ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish

for lack
מִבְּלִי־ (mib·bə·lî-)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 1097: Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as

of prey,
טָ֑רֶף (ṭā·rep̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 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 Hebrew 1121: A son

of the lioness
לָ֝בִ֗יא (lā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3833: To roar, a lion,

are scattered.
יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃ (yiṯ·pā·rā·ḏū)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6504: To break through, spread, separate


Additional Translations
The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.

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

The old lion has perished for want of food, and the lions' whelps have forsaken one another.

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

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

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

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

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