King James Version

Job 4:11

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

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לַ֭יִשׁlayishlionלַיִשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “lion”, the ordinary formH3918a lion (from his destructive blows)(old) lion.אֹבֵ֣דoveddestroyאָבַדverb, qal, participle, absolute — “destroy”, a verb used as a describing wordH6properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.מִבְּלִיmiblifrom notבְּלִיpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from not”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1097properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.corruption, ig(norantly), for lack of, where no...is, so that no, none, not, un(awares), without.טָ֑רֶףtarefleafטֶרֶףnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “leaf”, the ordinary formH2964something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, foodleaf, meat, prey, spoil.וּבְנֵ֥יuveneand sonבֵּןconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “and son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […לָ֝בִ֗יאlavilionלָבִיאnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “lion”, the ordinary formH3833to roar; a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;))(great, old, stout) lion, lioness, young (lion).יִתְפָּרָֽדוּyitparadvseparateפָּרַדverb, hithpael, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “separate”, an unfinished actionH6504to break through, i.e. spread or separate (oneself)disperse, divide, be out of joint, part, scatter (abroad), separate (self), sever self, stretch, sunder.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

The tiger hath perished for want of prey, and the young lions are scattered abroad.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The old lion has perished for want of food, and the lions' whelps have forsaken one another.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μυρμηκολέων ὤλετο παρὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν βορὰν, σκύμνοι δὲ λεόντων ἔλιπον ἀλλήλους.