Job 4:11
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 4:11 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 4:11 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 4:11 — KJV
“The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.”
— Job 4:11 (KJV)
Job 4:11 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 4:11
“Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?”
Shares key themes with Job 4:11: old, lion, prey
“Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.”
Shares key themes with Job 4:11: old, lion, prey
“Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.”
Shares key themes with Job 4:11: old, lion, prey
“And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.”
Shares key themes with Job 4:11: lion, prey, whelps
“Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?”
Shares key themes with Job 4:11: old, lion, prey
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