Job 4:11

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

Cross-references

Job 27:14 Parallel

Job 27:14 describes the wicked's children perishing by the sword, directly paralleling the scattered and dying cubs in Job 4:11.

Job 5:4 Parallel

In Job 5:4, Eliphaz continues the same logic: the wicked's children are crushed, paralleling the lion's cubs scattered here. Both show divine retribution.

Job 38:39 Contrast

Job 38:39 asks if Job can provide prey for lions — contrasting with Eliphaz's claim that the old lion perishes for lack of prey.

Job 1:19 Allusion

Job 1:19 describes the deaths of Job's children; the scattered cubs in Job 4:11 may parallel that calamity in Eliphaz's argument.

Job 8:4 Parallel

Job 8:4 attributes Job's children's death to their sin, echoing the scattered cubs of Job 4:11 as a parallel fate.

Genesis 49:9 calls Judah a lion's whelp and an old lion, symbolizing strength — opposite to Job's old lion perishing.

Numbers 23:24 describes Israel rising like a lion to consume prey — opposing Eliphaz's image of a lion dying for lack of prey.

Numbers 24:9 portrays Israel as a lion lying down in strength — in contrast to Job's old lion perishing and whelps scattered.

Psalm 34:10 Parallel

Psalm 34:10 echoes young lions lacking food, contrasting the righteous who lack nothing — a parallel image with a different point.

Ezekiel 19:2 uses a lioness and cubs metaphor for Israel's princes—similar imagery to Job's natural lion family, but applied to a different subject.