Job 4:11
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. Eliphaz the Temanite delivers his first speech, arguing that Job's suffering must result from sin since the innocent do not perish. He recounts a mysterious night vision in which a spirit asks whether any mortal can be more righteous than …
Other Translations
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate.
The old lion comes to his end for need of food, and the young of the she-lion go wandering in all directions.
Cross References
The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is …
And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it …
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
They shall walk after the Lord: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall …
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.