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Job 4:11

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

and the cubs of the lioness37 are scattered.

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Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 37 The text literally has “sons of the lioness.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The strong lion perishes for lack of prey,

and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The lion perishes for lack of prey,

and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The strong lion dies if it catches no prey,

and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

NLTNew Living Translation

The fierce lion will starve for lack of prey,

and the cubs of the lioness will be scattered.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The lion is perishing without prey,

and the lion’s whelps are scattered.

KJV 1900King James Version

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey,

And the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.