Job 4:11

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

Related Commentaries of 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 t...
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 J...
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 t...
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 f...
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 st...
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...
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 t...
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 wri...
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 tw...
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. T...
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 iniquit...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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 in...
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 th...
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 o...
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 preacher...
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 betw...
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 th...
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 positio...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The old lion, he who enjoys the fullness of adult strength, perisheth, wanders about helplessly, for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are...
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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

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

Related Commentaries of Job 4:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 4:11