Job 4:10 Meaning and Explanation
“The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.”
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Read Full Chapter →Eliphaz pictures even the fiercest lions silenced and their teeth broken.
What Does Job 4:10 Mean?
Eliphaz turns to the image of lions to portray the downfall of the strong. The roaring lion, the fierce lion, the young lion with its powerful teeth, all are broken and silenced. In the ancient world the lion was the very emblem of predatory might, and here that might is shattered. The picture stands for violent, rapacious people who seem unstoppable until God brings them low.
The verse carries a sober comfort: no human strength, however terrifying, lies beyond the reach of God's justice. The teeth that tore the helpless can be broken in a moment. Yet Eliphaz again presses the image toward Job, hinting that the mighty who fall must have deserved it. Scripture's fuller hope is that the great Lion of the tribe of Judah will finally still every cruel power and shelter the prey from the predator forever.
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What does Job 4:10 mean?
Eliphaz pictures even the fiercest lions silenced and their teeth broken.