Job 4:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.”
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“The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 4:11 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 49:9Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?
- Numbers 23:24Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”
- Numbers 24:9He crouches, he lies down like a lion; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.”
- Job 1:19when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
- Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
- Job 27:14Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.
- Job 38:39Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions
- Psalms 7:2or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
- Psalms 34:10Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
- Psalms 34:11Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 4:7A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.
- Hosea 11:10They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.
- 2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
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