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Eliphaz: The Innocent Prosper

Job 4:10

In 11 translations

BSB
The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
KJV
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
WEB
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
ASV
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
LSV
The roaring of a lion, || And the voice of a fierce lion, || And teeth of young lions have been broken.
YLT
The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken.
DBY
The roar of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken;
DRC
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the whelps of lions are broken:
GNV
The roaring of the Lion, and the voyce of the Lionesse, and the teeth of the Lions whelpes are broken.
JPS
The lion roareth, and the fierce lion howleth — yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
LXXE
The strength of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the exulting cry of serpents are quenched.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
שַׁאֲגַ֣ת אַ֭רְיֵה וְק֣וֹל שָׁ֑חַל וְשִׁנֵּ֖י כְפִירִ֣ים נִתָּֽעוּ׃
LXX-Br
Σθένος λέοντος, φωνὴ δὲ λεαίνης, γαυρίαμα δὲ δρακόντων ἐσβέσθη.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 58:6O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
  • Psalms 3:7Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
  • Psalms 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
  • Proverbs 30:14there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
  • Job 29:17I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
  • Job 5:15He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.

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