Job 4:11
The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
BSB
ASV
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
KJV
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
The old lion - The word used here, לישׁ layı̂sh, denotes a lion, “so called,” says Gesenius,” from his strength and bravery,” or, according to Urnbreit, the lion in the strength of his old ago; see an examination of the word in Bochart, Hieroz. P. i. Lib. iii. c. 1, p. 720. Perisheth for lack of prey - Not withstanding his strength and power. That is, such a thing sometimes occurs. Eliphaz could not maintain that it always happened.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Psalms 34:10Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
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For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
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For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
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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…
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Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Now I want you to know, brothers, that my circumstances have actually served to advance the gospel.
Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!