Job 4:11 Meaning and Explanation
“The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.”
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What Does Job 4:11 Mean?
Eliphaz completes his lion imagery. The old lion, once master of the hunt, now perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the strong lion are scattered far and wide. The whole pride, from the aging hunter to its young, comes to nothing. It is a picture of a once-fearsome house brought to starvation and dispersal, its strength and its future alike undone.
The scattering of the cubs would have stung, for Job had just lost his own children. Eliphaz may not intend cruelty, yet his illustration cuts near the wound. The passage reminds us how easily even well-meant words can land like blows on the grieving. It calls us to tender speech, and points us to the God who gathers the scattered, who does not break the bruised reed but binds up the brokenhearted.
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What does Job 4:11 mean?
Even the old lion starves for want of prey, and its cubs are scattered.