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

Other Translations of Job 4:11

King James Version

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

English Standard Version

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

The Message

11 No teeth, no prey - and the cubs wander off to fend for themselves.

New King James Version

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

New Living Translation

11 The fierce lion will starve for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness will be scattered.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 4:11

Commentary on Job 4:7-11

(Read Job 4:7-11)

Eliphaz argues, 1. That good men were never thus ruined. But there is one event both to the righteous and to the wicked, Ecclesiastes 9:2, both in life and death; the great and certain difference is after death. Our worst mistakes are occasioned by drawing wrong views from undeniable truths. 2. That wicked men were often thus ruined: for the proof of this, Eliphaz vouches his own observation. We may see the same every day.