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Job 4:10–11

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4:10There is31 the roaring of the lion32

and the growling33 of the young lion,

but the teeth of the young lions are broken.34

4:11The mighty lion35 perishes36 for lack of prey,

and the cubs of the lioness37 are scattered.

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Footnotes

  1. 31 “There is” has been supplied to make a smoother translation out of the clauses.
  2. 32 Eliphaz takes up a new image here to make the point that the wicked are destroyed—the breaking up and scattering of a den of lions. There are several words for “lion” used in this section. D. J. A. Clines observes that it is probably impossible to distinguish them (Job [], , , which records some bibliography of those who have tried to work on the etymologies and meanings). The first is אַרְיֵה (’aryeh) the generic term for “lion.” It is followed by שַׁחַל (shakhal) which, like כְּפִיר (kéfir), is a “young lion.” Some have thought that the שַׁחַל (shakhal) is a lion-like animal, perhaps a panther or leopard. takes it by metathesis from Arabic “young one.” The for this verse has “the strength of the lion, and the voice of the lioness and the exulting cry of serpents are quenched.”
  3. 33 Heb “voice.”
  4. 34 The verb belongs to the subject “teeth” in this last colon; but it is used by zeugma (a figure of speech in which one word is made to refer to two or more other words, but has to be understood differently in the different contexts) of the three subjects (see H. H. Rowley, Job [], 46–47).
  5. 35 The word לַיִשׁ (layish) traditionally rendered “strong lion,” occurs only here and in Prov 30:30 and Isa 30:6. It has cognates in several of the Semitic languages, and so seems to indicate lion as king of the beasts.
  6. 36 The form of the verb is the Qal active participle; it stresses the characteristic action of the verb as if a standard universal truth.
  7. 37 The text literally has “sons of the lioness.”

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion,

the teeth of the young lions are broken.

The strong lion perishes for lack of prey,

and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The lions may roar and growl,

yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.

The lion perishes for lack of prey,

and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The lion may roar and the fierce lion growl,

but the teeth of young lions are broken.

The strong lion dies if it catches no prey,

and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

The lion roars and the wildcat snarls,

but the teeth of strong lions will be broken.

The fierce lion will starve for lack of prey,

and the cubs of the lioness will be scattered.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The roar of the lion and the voice of a lion in its prime,

and the teeth of the young lions are broken.

The lion is perishing without prey,

and the lion’s whelps are scattered.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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