Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“The lion perishes for lack of prey,
And the whelps of the lioness are scattered.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

The strong lion dies if it catches no prey,
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

International Standard Version

Full grown lions die when they cannot find prey; that's when the lion cubs are scattered.

A Conservative Version

The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.

American Standard Version

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.

Amplified


“The lion perishes for lack of prey,
And the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

Bible in Basic English

The old lion comes to his end for need of food, and the young of the she-lion go wandering in all directions.

Darby Translation

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered.

Julia Smith Translation

The lion perished from failure of prey, and the sons of the lioness shall be scattered.

King James 2000

The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the strong lion's whelps are scattered abroad.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[The] lion is perishing without prey, and [the] lion's whelps are scattered.

Modern King James verseion

The strong lion perishes for lack of prey, and the strong lion's cubs are scattered abroad.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

NET Bible

The mighty lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

New Heart English Bible

The old lion perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.

The Emphasized Bible

The strong lion perishing for lack of prey, Even the whelps of the lioness, are scattered.

Webster

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

World English Bible

The old lion perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.

Youngs Literal Translation

An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate.

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
לישׁ 
Layish 
Usage: 3

בּלי 
B@liy 
not, without, un..., lack of, so that no, corruption
Usage: 56

of prey
טרף 
Tereph 
Usage: 22

and the stout lion's
לבאות לבאים לביּא לביא 
Labiy' 
Usage: 14

References

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Context Readings

Eliphaz's First Response To Job

10 “The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion,
And the teeth of the young lions are broken.
11 “The lion perishes for lack of prey,
And the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
12 “Now a word was brought to me stealthily,
And my ear received a whisper of it.

Cross References

Psalm 34:10

The young lions do lack and suffer hunger;
But they who seek the Lord shall not be in want of any good thing.

Genesis 49:9

“Judah is a lion’s whelp;
From the prey, my son, you have gone up.
He couches, he lies down as a lion,
And as a lion, who dares rouse him up?

Numbers 23:24

Behold, a people rises like a lioness,
And as a lion it lifts itself;
It will not lie down until it devours the prey,
And drinks the blood of the slain.”

Numbers 24:9

He couches, he lies down as a lion,
And as a lion, who dares rouse him?
Blessed is everyone who blesses you,
And cursed is everyone who curses you.”

Job 1:19

and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people and they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

Job 8:3-4

“Does God pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?

Job 27:14-15

“Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword;
And his descendants will not be satisfied with bread.

Job 38:39

“Can you hunt the prey for the lion,
Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

Psalm 7:2

Or he will tear my soul like a lion,
Dragging me away, while there is none to deliver.

Jeremiah 4:7

“A lion has gone up from his thicket,
And a destroyer of nations has set out;
He has gone out from his place
To make your land a waste.
Your cities will be ruins
Without inhabitant.

Hosea 11:10

They will walk after the Lord,
He will roar like a lion;
Indeed He will roar
And His sons will come trembling from the west.

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully accomplished, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was rescued out of the lion’s mouth.

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