Job 4:10
New International Version
The lions may roar and growl, yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.

New Living Translation
The lion roars and the wildcat snarls, but the teeth of strong lions will be broken.

English Standard Version
The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions are broken.

Berean Standard Bible
The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.

King James Bible
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

New King James Version
The roaring of the lion, The voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken.

New American Standard Bible
“The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken out.

NASB 1995
“The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken.

NASB 1977
“The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken.

Legacy Standard Bible
The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken.

Amplified Bible
“The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken.

Christian Standard Bible
The lion may roar and the fierce lion growl, but the teeth of young lions are broken.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The lion may roar and the fierce lion growl, but the fangs of young lions are broken.

American Standard Version
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The roaring of a lion and the voice of the whelp of a lion and the teeth of lions were broken

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The strength of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the exulting cry of serpents are quenched.

Contemporary English Version
They may roar and growl like powerful lions. But when God breaks their teeth,

Douay-Rheims Bible
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the whelps of lions are broken:

English Revised Version
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Though the roar of the lion and the growl of the ferocious lion [is loud], the young lions have had their teeth knocked out.

Good News Translation
The wicked roar and growl like lions, but God silences them and breaks their teeth.

International Standard Version
"The lioness may roar, and the lion cub may growl; but even the ivory teeth of the full grown lion are broken.

JPS Tanakh 1917
The lion roareth, and the fierce lion howleth-- Yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.

Literal Standard Version
The roaring of a lion, | And the voice of a fierce lion, | And teeth of young lions have been broken.

Majority Standard Bible
The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.

New American Bible
Though the lion roars, though the king of beasts cries out, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken;

NET Bible
There is the roaring of the lion and the growling of the young lion, but the teeth of the young lions are broken.

New Revised Standard Version
The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions are broken.

New Heart English Bible
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

Webster's Bible Translation
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

World English Bible
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

Young's Literal Translation
The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken.

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Context
Eliphaz: The Innocent Prosper
9By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed. 10The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken. 11The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.…

Cross References
Job 5:15
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.

Psalm 58:6
O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.


Treasury of Scripture

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

the teeth.

Job 29:17
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

Psalm 3:7
Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

Psalm 57:4
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

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Job 4
1. Eliphaz reproves Job that the innocent do not suffer
7. He teaches God's judgments to be not for the righteous, but for the wicked.
12. His fearful vision to humble the excellency of creatures before God.














Verse 10. - The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. Wicked men, especially oppressors, are often compared to lions in Scripture (see Psalm 7:2; Psalm 10:9; Psalm 17:12, etc.; Ezekiel 19:3, 5; Nahum 2:12; Zephaniah 3:3, etc.). The meaning of Eliphaz is that, within his experience, all classes of wicked men, young, or old, or middle-aged, weak or strong, have received in this life the reward of their iniquity. However fiercely they might roar, however greedily they might devour, their roaring has died away, their teeth have been broken in their mouths, vengeance has lighted on them in some shape or other; they have paid the penalty of their transgressions. Five classes of lions seem to be spoken of in this and the following verses:

(1) the whelp (ver. 11);

(2) the half-grown lion, just able to make its voice heard;

(3) the young full-grown lion (cephir); . . .

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The lion
אַ֭רְיֵה (’ar·yêh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 738: A lion

may roar,
שַׁאֲגַ֣ת (ša·’ă·ḡaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 7581: A rumbling, moan

and the fierce lion
שָׁ֑חַל (šā·ḥal)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7826: A lion

may growl,
וְק֣וֹל (wə·qō·wl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6963: A voice, sound

yet the teeth
וְשִׁנֵּ֖י (wə·šin·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - cdc
Strong's 8127: A tooth, ivory, a cliff

of the young lions
כְפִירִ֣ים (ḵə·p̄î·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3715: A village, a young lion

are broken.
נִתָּֽעוּ׃ (nit·tā·‘ū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5421: To break, break down, or out


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