Job 4:11

In 11 translations

BSB

The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

KJV

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.

WEB

The old lion perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.

ASV

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.

LSV

An old lion is perishing without prey, || And the whelps of the lioness separate.

YLT

An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate.

DBY

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered.

DRC

The tiger hath perished for want of prey, and the young lions are scattered abroad.

GNV

The Lyon perisheth for lacke of pray, and the Lyons whelpes are scattered abroade.

JPS

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.

LXXE

The old lion has perished for want of food, and the lions' whelps have forsaken one another.

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WLC

לַ֭יִשׁ אֹבֵ֣ד מִבְּלִי־טָ֑רֶף וּבְנֵ֥י לָ֝בִ֗יא יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃

LXX-Br

Μυρμηκολέων ὤλετο παρὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν βορὰν, σκύμνοι δὲ λεόντων ἔλιπον ἀλλήλους.

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• Psalms 34:10Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
• Job 27:14–15Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food. His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.
• 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!”
• Psalms 7:2or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
• 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.
• 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?
• Job 38:39Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions
• Job 8:3–4Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right? When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.”
• 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.”

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