OLD TESTAMENT

Job 4:11

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11

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

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Verse 11. Tiger. Hebrew Layish, means also an “old lion.” Septuagint μυρηκολεων, “ant-lion,” which some have deemed fabulous, improperly. Bochart, vi. 5. Ælian, xvii. 42.—Eliphaz tacitly accuses Job of violence and pride. Ven. Bede. Calmet.

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