Job 4:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Job 4:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 ag...
Job 4:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Eliphaz is provoked to reply, in spite of his unwillingness, by the tone of Job's speech, which seems to him altogether irreverent. He wonders that Job, who had comforted so many others in trouble, s...
Job 4:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. The old lion perisheth - In this and the preceding verse the word lion occurs five times; and in the origina...
Job 4:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey— Schultens imagines, that this want of prey was not so much owing to its scarcity, as to its being torn from the mouth and talons of this ravenous creature...
Job 4:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. No JFB...
Job 4:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The First Speech of Eliphaz ( Job 4:5 ) Eliphaz is the principal and probably the oldest of the three friends: cp. Job 32:6 . He is also the most considerate. But the complainings of Job in Job...
Job 4:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The old lion perisheth... — This means that even though wickedness is joined with strength, it is equally unable to prosper. It is to be observed that no less than five different words are here use...
Job 4:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

VII. THE THINGS ELIPHAZ HAD SEEN Job 4:1-21 ; Job 5:1-27 ELIPHAZ SPEAKS THE ideas of sin and suffering against which the poem of Job was written come now dramatically into view. The belief o...
Job 4:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Shall Mortal Man Be More Just than God?” Job 4:1-21 The first cycle of speeches is opened by Eliphaz. It must be remembered that he and the two others believed that special suffering resulted...
Job 4:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Now begins the great controversy between Job and his friends, which occupies the major portion of the Book. This controversy moves in three cycles. The first, commencing here, runs through chapter fo...
Job 4:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(7) В¶ Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? (8) Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. (9) By the b...
Job 4:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey ,.... Or rather "the stout" and "strong lion" e, that is most able to take the prey, and most skilful at it, yet such shall perish for want of it; not so much...
Job 4:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. Ver. 11. The old lion perishelh for lack of prey ] As not being able to hunt and get it. The meaning is...
Job 4:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey Dares not venture out of his den in search of prey, amidst the roar of thunder, the blaze of lightning, and the violence of the storm, that blast of God, men...
Job 4:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ELIPHAZ: COMMENDATION TWISTED INTO REBUKE (vv.1-6) The three friends of Job could only think of God's justice in reference to Job's sufferings, and had no idea of God's love. Eliphaz no doubt th...
Job 4:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? 8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. 9 By...
Job 4:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey; because they cannot go abroad to seek it, and their young ones either cannot find or do not bring it to them. See Psalms 49:14,15 Psalms 119:10 . Are...
Job 4:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

COMMENCEMENT OF THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN JOB AND HIS THREE FRIENDS First Course of the Speeches. First Dialogue,—Eliphaz and Job First Speech of Eliphaz Eliphaz censures Job for his impatien...
Job 4:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 4:1 . Eliphaz answered, being the eldest, or the more eloquent. Job 4:3 . Thou hast instructed many. The holy patriarchs were all preachers of righteousness on the sabbath days, &c, He...
Job 4:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said. The first colloquy At this point we pass into the poem proper. It opens with three colloquies between Job and his friends. In form these colloquies...
Job 4:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job having ended his complaint, Eliphaz the Temanite, the first-named of his three friends ( Job 2:11 ), and perhaps the eldest of them, takes the word, and endeavours to answer him....
Job 4:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job having thus given way to his impatience, his friends thought it their duty to correct him. But instead of showing him in what respect his position was wrong, they proceed according to the assumpt...
Job 4:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Timothy 4:17 ; Genesis 49:9 ; Hosea 11:10 ; Jeremiah 4:7 ; Job 1:19 ; Job 27:14 ; Job 27:15 ; Job 38:39 ; Job 8:3 ; Job 8:4 ; Numbers 23:24 ; Numbers 24:9 ; Psalms 34:10 ; Psalms 7:2...
Job 4:11 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Philosophy of Eliphaz Job 4:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are now approaching a part of the Book of Job that is most interesting. Job's three friends have at last broken their silence, and El...
Job 4:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Scattered — Gone from their dens several ways to hunt for prey, and can find none.

Job 4:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 4:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 4:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 4:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 4:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 4:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 4:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 4:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 4:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 4:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 4:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 4:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 4:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 4:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 4:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 4:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 4:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 4:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 4:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 4:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 4:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 4:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 4:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 4:11 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job 4:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes