Job 4:11

“The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, etc.] Or rather “the stout” and “strong lion” f146, that is most able to take the prey, and most skilful at it, yet such shall perish for want of it; not so much for want of finding it, or of power to seize it, as of keeping it when got, it being taken away from him; signifying, that God oftentimes in his providence takes away from cruel oppressors what they have got by oppression, and so they are brought into starving and famishing circumstances. The Septuagint render the word by “myrmecoleon”, or the “ant lion”, which Isidore f147 thus describes; “it is a little animal, very troublesome to ants, which hides itself in the dust, and kills the ants as…”

“The old lion - The word used here, לישׁ layı̂sh, denotes a lion, “so called,” says Gesenius,” from his strength and bravery,” or, according to Urnbreit, the lion in the strength of his old ago; see an examination of the word in Bochart, Hieroz. P. i. Lib. iii. c. 1, p. 720. Perisheth for lack of prey - Not withstanding his strength and power. That is, such a thing sometimes occurs. Eliphaz could not maintain that it always happened. The meaning seems to be, that as the strength of the lion was no security that he would not perish for want, so it was with men who resembled the lion in the strength of mature age. And the stout lion’s whelps - The word here rendered “stout lion,” לביא lâbı̂y',…”

“Scattered - Gone from their dens several ways to hunt for prey, and can find none. Job 4:12”

“old lion: Job 38:39; Gen 49:9; Num 23:24, Num 24:9; Psa 7:2; Jer 4:7; Hos 11:10; Ti2 4:17 perisheth: Psa 34:10 the stout: Job 1:19, Job 8:3, Job 8:4, Job 27:14, Job 27:15 Job 4:12”