Job 4

Job · Chapter 4

Job 4:10

1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,2If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?3Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.4Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.5But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.6Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.9By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.12Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,14Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.15Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:16It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,17Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?18Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:19How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?20They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.21Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.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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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
[the] roaring ofשַׁאֲגַ֣תsha-'a-GATH7581
roaring

שְׁאָגָה (she.a.gah) 1) roaring 1a) of lion, the wicked, distress cry

a lionאַ֭רְיֵה'AR-yehH0738B
lion

אַרְיֵה (ar.yeh) 1) lion 1a) pictures or images of lions Aramaic equivalent: ar.yeh (אַרְיֵה "lion" H0744)

and [the] sound ofוְק֣וֹלve-KOLH6963A
voice

קוֹל (qol) : voice/shout/loud 1) voice, sound, noise 1a) voice 1b) sound (of instrument)

a lionשָׁ֑חַלSHA-chalH7826
lion

שַׁ֫חַל (sha.chal) 1) lion 1a) of Jehovah, wicked men (fig)

and [the] teeth ofוְשִׁנֵּ֖יve-shi-NEIH8127G
tooth

שֵׁן (shen) : tooth 1) tooth, ivory 1a) tooth 1a1) of man, lex talionis, beast 1b) tooth, tine (of fork) 1c) ivory 1c1) as material 1c2) of commerce 1d) sharp pointed rock

young lionsכְפִירִ֣יםkhe-fi-RIMH3715A
lion

כְּפִיר (ke.phir) young lion

they are broken outנִתָּֽעוּ׃ni-TA-'uH5421
to break

נָתַע (na.ta) 1) to break, break down, break out 1a) (Niphal) to be broken down

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.